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[Richard Gliebe]

On 11/24/10 12:17 PM Tom H wrote:
> You need to install "linux-libc-dev".

I installed it with 'dpkg --configure linux-libc-dev'

# dpkg -l |grep -i linux-libc-dev
ii  linux-libc-dev                   2.6.26-25lenny1          Linux 
support headers for userspace developm

> What's the output of
> dpkg --audit
# dpkg --audit
The following packages have been unpacked but not yet configured.
They must be configured using dpkg --configure or the configure
menu option in dselect for them to work:
  libc6-dev            GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files

> apt-cache show libc6
# apt-cache show libc6
Package: libc6
Priority: required
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 10776
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-glibc at lists.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: glibc
Version: 2.7-18lenny6
Provides: glibc-2.7-1
Depends: libgcc1
Suggests: locales, glibc-doc, libc6-i686
Conflicts: libterm-readline-gnu-perl (<< 1.15-2), tzdata (<< 2007k-1), 
tzdata-etch
Filename: pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.7-18lenny6_i386.deb
Size: 4566382
MD5sum: 728924c508553af78ea05b7c280c1a97
SHA1: abc704d61bd9863aa168cfe67d7cc052ee9f79ff
SHA256: bdde9baa6c9a1da71d071105f7d1d5b8ce1441ce36dba23711fbbef781faa0fa
Description: GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
  the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C 
library
  and the standard math library, as well as many others.
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, protocol::ipv6, 
role::shared-lib, suite::gnu

Package: libc6
Priority: required
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 10756
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-glibc at lists.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: glibc
Version: 2.7-18lenny4
Provides: glibc-2.7-1
Depends: libgcc1
Suggests: locales, glibc-doc, libc6-i686
Conflicts: libterm-readline-gnu-perl (<< 1.15-2), tzdata (<< 2007k-1), 
tzdata-etch
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.7-18lenny4_i386.deb
Size: 4550320
MD5sum: b601d6184daca73e71c069dbbec18e3b
SHA1: 6118300e676d176baeefd3128d0a677808b44c4f
SHA256: 282862aca2d7443d0c25cb3fb55b2f639c5d26e346629d7b6b9bb01d995f8680
Description: GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
  the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C 
library
  and the standard math library, as well as many others.
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, protocol::ipv6, 
role::shared-lib, suite::gnu

Package: libc6
Status: install ok installed
Priority: required
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 10512
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-glibc at lists.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: glibc
Version: 2.7-18
Provides: glibc-2.7-1
Depends: libgcc1
Suggests: locales, glibc-doc, libc6-i686
Conflicts: libterm-readline-gnu-perl (<< 1.15-2), tzdata (<< 2007k-1), 
tzdata-etch
Conffiles:
  /etc/init.d/glibc.sh ce55541f2b38719f6eba57abe9f23603
  /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i486-linux-gnu.conf 36f09aeeab18f6af453d0a1db0a0942c
  /etc/ld.so.conf.d/libc.conf d4d833fd095fb7b90e1bb4a547f16de6
  /etc/gai.conf bdd4cc328b946a52cc1424ef3dfa9321
  /etc/bindresvport.blacklist db84c47f31f8d5a334a4053d8368e902
Description: GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
  the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C 
library
  and the standard math library, as well as many others.

> apt-cache show libc6-dev
# apt-cache show libc6-dev
Package: libc6-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 13180
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-glibc at lists.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: glibc
Version: 2.7-18lenny6
Replaces: man-db (<= 2.3.10-41), gettext (<= 0.10.26-1), ppp (<= 
2.2.0f-24), libgdbmg1-dev (<= 1.7.3-24)
Provides: libc-dev
Depends: libc6 (= 2.7-18lenny6), linux-libc-dev
Recommends: gcc | c-compiler
Suggests: glibc-doc, manpages-dev
Conflicts: libstdc++2.10-dev (<< 1:2.95.2-15), gcc-2.95 (<< 1:2.95.3-9), 
binutils (<< 2.17cvs20070426-1), libc-dev
Filename: pool/updates/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.7-18lenny6_i386.deb
Size: 3386072
MD5sum: 25e9b2c60b89e48bff1f3822f6f4d659
SHA1: 1b3cb06868bf43ff2ea5173a4bff50cd598d909d
SHA256: e21bb38404b33d84f5bb6eb39f8e4a01e894adbfa603d0027eb64fed379bb282
Description: GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files
  Contains the symlinks, headers, and object files needed to compile
  and link programs which use the standard C library.
Build-Essential: yes
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib, 
suite::gnu

Package: libc6-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 13172
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-glibc at lists.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: glibc
Version: 2.7-18lenny4
Replaces: man-db (<= 2.3.10-41), gettext (<= 0.10.26-1), ppp (<= 
2.2.0f-24), libgdbmg1-dev (<= 1.7.3-24)
Provides: libc-dev
Depends: libc6 (= 2.7-18lenny4), linux-libc-dev
Recommends: gcc | c-compiler
Suggests: glibc-doc, manpages-dev
Conflicts: libstdc++2.10-dev (<< 1:2.95.2-15), gcc-2.95 (<< 1:2.95.3-9), 
binutils (<< 2.17cvs20070426-1), libc-dev
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-dev_2.7-18lenny4_i386.deb
Size: 3387248
MD5sum: 9cdb8401cead8afdd9f3e5da7bf673f8
SHA1: 01049f981a24dc0e5da8a3a1e57a8f2e91d7e57a
SHA256: 89c222ece39c417ee91f24d9f5619f58be330b111092379e4f09b93bcbfe834b
Description: GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files
  Contains the symlinks, headers, and object files needed to compile
  and link programs which use the standard C library.
Build-Essential: yes
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib, 
suite::gnu

> apt-cache policy libc6
# apt-cache policy libc6
libc6:
   Installed: 2.7-18
   Candidate: 2.7-18lenny6
   Version table:
      2.7-18lenny6 0
         500 http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages
      2.7-18lenny4 0
         500 http://ftp.at.debian.org lenny/main Packages
  *** 2.7-18 0
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

> apt-cache policy libc6-dev
# apt-cache policy libc6-dev
libc6-dev:
   Installed: 2.7-18lenny6
   Candidate: 2.7-18lenny6
   Version table:
  *** 2.7-18lenny6 0
         500 http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
      2.7-18lenny4 0
         500 http://ftp.at.debian.org lenny/main Packages

> 
> Are you running Hardy?
we are running:
# cat /etc/issue
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 \n \l

# cat /etc/motd
Linux sessions2 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Wed Aug 19 06:06:52 UTC 2009 i686

many thanks
Richard