[Bug 2138518] [NEW] Broken rust-gdbgui symlink

Max Gilmour 2138518 at bugs.launchpad.net
Fri Jan 16 17:28:00 UTC 2026


Public bug reported:

There is a typo in one of the symlinks in d/rust-gdb.links. It should be
rust-gdbgui, but it's written as rust-gdbui instead.

This makes the rust-gdbgui distributed by rust-defaults unusable. The
versioned rust-gdbgui must be used instead.

====================
Demonstration of bug
====================

root at r:~# apt install -y rust-gdb
[...]

root at r:~# rust-gdbgui
Command 'rust-gdbgui' not found, did you mean:
  command 'rust-gdbui' from deb rust-gdb (1.88.0ubuntu3)
Try: apt install <deb name>

root at r:~# test -e /usr/bin/rust-gdbui && echo 'ok' || echo 'bad link'
bad link

root at r:~# rust-1.88-gdbgui

rust-gdbgui
===========
gdbgui - https://gdbgui.com - is a graphical front-end to GDB
that runs in a browser. This script invokes gdbgui with the Rust
pretty printers loaded.
[...]

root at r:~# test -e /usr/bin/rust-1.88-gdbgui && echo 'ok' || echo 'bad link'
ok

** Affects: rust-defaults (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Max Gilmour (maxgmr)
         Status: Triaged

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Title:
  Broken rust-gdbgui symlink

Status in rust-defaults package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  There is a typo in one of the symlinks in d/rust-gdb.links. It should be
  rust-gdbgui, but it's written as rust-gdbui instead.

  This makes the rust-gdbgui distributed by rust-defaults unusable. The
  versioned rust-gdbgui must be used instead.

  ====================
  Demonstration of bug
  ====================

  root at r:~# apt install -y rust-gdb
  [...]

  root at r:~# rust-gdbgui
  Command 'rust-gdbgui' not found, did you mean:
    command 'rust-gdbui' from deb rust-gdb (1.88.0ubuntu3)
  Try: apt install <deb name>

  root at r:~# test -e /usr/bin/rust-gdbui && echo 'ok' || echo 'bad link'
  bad link

  root at r:~# rust-1.88-gdbgui

  rust-gdbgui
  ===========
  gdbgui - https://gdbgui.com - is a graphical front-end to GDB
  that runs in a browser. This script invokes gdbgui with the Rust
  pretty printers loaded.
  [...]

  root at r:~# test -e /usr/bin/rust-1.88-gdbgui && echo 'ok' || echo 'bad link'
  ok

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