Re: relocation error after applying patch

On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 10:22:49AM +0800, S.T. Wong wrote:
> I installed the latest security patch for openldap [RHSA-2003:040-10].  One of
> the software we're using failed to start with error :
> 
> relocation error: /opt/dcelocal/lib/libdce.so.1.0.1: Undefined symbol: fstat
> 
> The shared library in trouble depends on /usr/lib/libldap.so.2 and 
> /usr/lib/liblber.so.2.  I've to revoke to previous patch level to fix the 
> problem.  
> 
> I suppose the updated shared libraries in patches are backward compatible, and
> shouldn't crash current applications.  Would anyon please advise?

They should be identical from a binary interface perspective, and from
what I can tell, neither the original version included with 7.1 nor the
current erratum supply this symbol.  Both versions also link to the same
set of libraries, so I don't see how changing libldap would have caused
this to fail.

If you run "ldd /opt/dcelocal/lib/libdce.so.1.0.1" (or better still, the
application) and one of the listed libraries is libkrb5, then that would
explain it, as we had a problem with an older erratum that produced
exactly this symptom.  It was corrected in a subsequent erratum, though.

HTH,

Nalin