glibc (2.9-8) unstable; urgency=low Starting with version 2.9-8, unified IPv4/IPv6 lookup have been enabled in the glibc's resolver. This is faster, fixes numerous of bugs, but is problematic on some broken DNS servers and/or wrongly configured firewalls. If such a DNS server is detected, the resolver switches (permanently for that process) to a mode where the second request is sent only when the first answer has been received. This means the first request will be timeout, but subsequent requests should be fast again. This behaviour can be enabled permanently by adding 'options single-request' to /etc/resolv.conf. -- Aurelien Jarno Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:14:32 +0200 glibc (2.6.1-2) unstable; urgency=low Starting with version 2.6.1, glibc ships a /etc/ld.so.conf.d/libc.conf that enforces /usr/local/lib to take precedence over /usr/lib. This is the intended behaviour (it works like the $PATH where /usr/local/bin takes precedence over /usr/bin). To revert that (though doing so is discouraged) you can add /usr/lib to the beginning of /etc/ld.so.conf.d/libc.conf. (see bug#440394). -- Pierre Habouzit Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:58:15 +0200 glibc (2.5-1) unstable; urgency=low The script tzconfig has been removed from glibc 2.5-1 and following versions. Please use 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' instead to configure the timezone. -- Aurelien Jarno Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:38:54 +0100 glibc (2.5-1) unstable; urgency=low Starting with version 2.5-1, the glibc requires a 2.6.1 or later kernel. If you use a 2.4 kernel, please upgrade it *before* installing glibc. This also means that it is not possible to use LD_ASSUME_KERNEL with a version lower than 2.6.1. If you have set such a thing in /etc/profile, ~/.bashrc or any other initialization file (something you should have never done!!!), please remove that *before* installing glibc. Note: This does not apply to the m68k architecture and to non-Linux kernels. -- Aurelien Jarno Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:26:48 +0200