[tor-talk] torsocks is broken and unmaintained

intrigeri intrigeri at boum.org
Sun Nov 4 13:11:01 UTC 2012


Hi,

Maxim Kammerer wrote (03 Nov 2012 12:16:23 GMT) :
> inb4 incoming stream of Debian-centric patches: please be wary of
> glibc differences:
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395953

> Wrt. this specific bug, perhaps you will want to use Anthony Basile's
> solution instead of the patch in Debian:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=636943

Thanks, this remembered me I should test this patch.

So, on current Debian Wheezy, Anthony Basile's patch (without our own
one, that is apparently eglibc-specific) fixes *almost* all the false
warning messages. So, given it apparently fixes the bug entirely on
other platforms, applying it is probably the way to go.

However, to entirely fix the bug for eglibc users too, our
0002-If-a-symbol-cannot-be-found-also-try-by-prefixing-it.patch
(or something better) is needed as well, so I guess I'll go on
carrying it in Debian if it is not merged upstream.

No emergency in either case, Nick's careful plan looks totally
sensible to me.

Cheers,
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