libcom_err.so.2 and libcom_err.so.3

[Sam Hartman]

>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Hasenack <andreas at conectiva.com.br> writes:

    Andreas> libcom_err.so.2 is provided by e2fs-progs, and
    Andreas> libcom_err.so.3 is provided by mit's krb5.

    Andreas> What is actually the difference between them? As far as I
    Andreas> know, this has been going on for a long time, couldn't
    Andreas> these libs be "unified"?

MIt Kerberos 1.3 will work with system com_err libraries.  Ted will
need to include some extra functions into e2fsprogs for this to
actually work.

    Andreas> The problem? There are applications which link against
    Andreas> krb5 libraries but due to other libraries also end up
    Andreas> loading libcom_err.so.2.

You might look at the Debian packages of Kerberos for a solution to
this; I have some glue in libkrb5 that allows Debian to use the system
libcom_err.