[Bug 982443] Re: ldconfig reports /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.tar is not an ELF file - wrong magic bytes

[Howard Thomson]

This is some time ago, so my memory is incomplete ...

I was trying to setup an existing 32-bit dynamic link executable to work
in my then 64-bit installation.

The executable depends on the 32-bit library libXdmcp.so, and whatever
version of the complained about file /usr/lib32/libXdmcp.so.tar was
downloaded from an online repo, somewhere ...

Which is why I reported it ...

As libXdmcp.so both 64-bit and 32-bit are part of the standard repos,
there has [or had] to be a repo problem somewhere.

As my laptop, with the problem installation has now died, this bug
report is now moot !

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Title:
  ldconfig reports /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.tar is not an ELF file - wrong
  magic bytes

Status in “eglibc” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Command: sudo apt-get install ksysguard [from memory ...]

  In installing ksysguard onto an Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit system the tail
  end of the console output reported:

  /sbin/ldconfig.real: /usr/lib32/libXdmcp.so.tar is not an ELF file -
  it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.

  The above line repeated for libXau.so.tar, and libxcb.so.tar

  Being a 64-bit system, I have not so far seen any adverse effects for
  me.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: libc-bin 2.13-20ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Apr 15 17:44:46 2012
  Dependencies:
   
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  SourcePackage: eglibc
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-02-16 (58 days ago)

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