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Details of dev-libs/glib:

Description: The GLib library of C routines
Homepage: https://www.gtk.org/

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glib-2.88.3

dbus
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selinux
static-libs
sysprof
systemtap
test
utils
xattr

Some tests will be skipped due to missing terminal program
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You might want to run gio-querymodules manually on the target for
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dbus
debug
+elf
doc
+introspection
+mime
selinux
static-libs
sysprof
systemtap
test
utils
xattr

Some tests will be skipped due to missing terminal program
Tests for search-utils have been skipped
Updating of GIO modules cache skipped due to cross-compilation.
You might want to run gio-querymodules manually on the target for
your final image for performance reasons and re-run it when packages
installing GIO modules get upgraded or added to the image.
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Known bugs:

bug ID	component	assigned to	status	description	last change
370087	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.12.2: MAKEOPTS=-s: ld hits internal error at bfd/elf32-i386.c:2946:elf_i386_relocat	2012-04-13 23:36:33
373105	Applications	java	UNCONFIRMED	dev-util/eclipse-sdk-3.5.1-r1 GLib, Gtk, Gdk assertions fail	2013-02-04 12:40:26
373295	Unspecified	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.12.2: building glibc interrupted in OpenVZ container, also tried rebuilding system	2011-12-22 22:40:58
373847	Applications	hanno	UNCONFIRMED	media-gfx/gimp-2.6.11-r1: crash on startup with error GLib-WARNING ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or	2011-10-22 18:15:20
380649	Ebuilds	robbat2	UNCONFIRMED	dev-libs/bglibs-1.106-r1 : add sys-devel/libtool in DEPEND	2011-08-25 15:06:05
384031	Applications	chutzpah	UNCONFIRMED	net-analyzer/pchar[pcap] fails to build (possibly glibc version related)	2012-08-20 03:39:32
384981	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc has missing dev-util/gperf DEPEND	2011-10-01 06:54:54
393159	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.13-r4: fails tests	2012-08-14 16:22:49
395481	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.14.1-r1: stdlib/tst-putenv.out test failure	2012-08-14 16:23:11
395609	Hardened	hardened	UNCONFIRMED	sys-devel/gcc-4.5.3-r2 is aware but does not honor libssp USE flag, breaking glibc upgrades	2012-01-30 01:11:12
401677	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc[selinux]: /usr/sbin/nscd automagically depends on sys-process/audit and sys-libs/libc	2012-02-03 10:35:37
403051	Applications	mr_bones_	UNCONFIRMED	media-gfx/gqview-2.1.5 - ld: pan-calendar.o: undefined reference to symbol 'sqrt@@GLIBC_2.0'	2012-02-13 12:03:19
416827	Ebuilds	voyageur	UNCONFIRMED	dev-libs/glib - CFLAGS="-fplugin=/usr/lib64/llvm/dragonegg.so" - gbitlock.c:210:3: sorry, unimplemen	2012-09-28 13:05:51
417995	Ebuilds	graphics	UNCONFIRMED	media-gfx/gimageview-0.2.27-r3: 'pow@@GLIBC_2.0' is defined in DSO /lib/libm.so.	2012-05-28 16:32:51
426306	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.14.1-r3: tests failed	2012-11-10 09:00:26
426380	Java	java	UNCONFIRMED	dev-java/cglib-{2.2.2,3.0} version bump request	2012-08-18 14:17:39
427178	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.14.1-r3 - grsec: Invalid alignment/Bus error occurred at 00000301ad4cb768 in /lib64	2012-11-02 18:28:59
430042	Ebuilds	net-im	UNCONFIRMED	x11-plugins/purple-plugin_pack-2.7.0 should depend on dev-libs/json-glib	2012-08-07 03:36:54
430722	Prefix Support	prefix	UNCONFIRMED	dev-util/pkgconfig: (prefix) libtool uses wrong libglib-2.0.so	2012-08-14 16:51:03
432020	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r2: /var/db/services.db causes infinite loop in getaddrinfo()	2012-12-30 21:01:03
432872	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r2 - `getent passwd': segmentation fault in __rawmemchr_sse2 () at ../sysdeps/x8	2012-08-29 23:15:08
434856	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r2 causes random binaries to segfault on arm	2013-01-24 03:31:09
435732	Applications	jer	UNCONFIRMED	x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.15 - glibc detected *** urxvtd: malloc(): smallbin double linked list corru	2013-01-05 22:08:43
438620	GNOME	gnome	UNCONFIRMED	dev-libs/glib-2.32.4-r1 - src_test(): FAIL: run-assert-msg-test.sh	2012-10-17 17:36:06
438692	Core system	ldap-bugs	UNCONFIRMED	sys-auth/nss_ldap-265-r1 with sys-libs/glibc-2.16.0 - /bin/login: symbol lookup error: /lib64/libnss	2013-01-23 18:05:21
439344	GNOME	gnome	UNCONFIRMED	dev-libs/glib USE=-utils should not install gtester-report man page	2012-10-23 10:09:12
439728	Core system	base-system	UNCONFIRMED	net-misc/ntp with sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r3 - ntpq -p: Request timed out	2012-10-26 16:32:10
445328	Development	dotnet	UNCONFIRMED	dev-dotnet/glib-sharp-2.12.10 - libtool: Version mismatch error. This is libtool 2.4.2, but the libt	2012-11-30 12:34:52
447102	Applications	idl0r	UNCONFIRMED	net-analyzer/nagstamon-0.9.9 throws glib.GError: Couldn't recognize the image file format for file '	2012-12-13 14:34:59
449948	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc - inner-net license is of a boolean non-free nature	2013-01-03 12:47:26
450714	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.16.0: /usr/include/bits/stdlib-ldbl.h:35:1: error: 'qecvt' undeclared here (not in	2013-01-20 01:23:38
450930	GNOME	gnome	UNCONFIRMED	glib-2.34.x causes nautilus-2.32 to consume 1 whole core when attempting to display thumbnails	2013-02-20 16:36:03
451488	Prefix Support	prefix	UNCONFIRMED	bootstrap tar-1.26 fails with glibc 2.16 (no gets)	2013-02-03 08:06:36
451922	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r3 installs despite test failures	2013-01-16 02:40:16
452828	Hardened	hardened	UNCONFIRMED	sys-apps/util-linux-2.21.2 - dmesg: * glibc detected * dmesg: double free or corruption (!prev):	2013-01-18 16:31:50
453208	Applications	wired	UNCONFIRMED	www-client/uzbl-9999 - src/uzbl-core.h:16:25: fatal error: glib/gstdio.h: No such file or directory	2013-01-21 19:18:42
453514	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.15-r3: nscd initscript fails while daemon starts	2013-01-22 22:51:57
454200	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.17 breaks almost all binaries - error while loading shared libraries: libgcc_s.so.1	2013-02-09 05:39:00
455832	Applications	mozilla	UNCONFIRMED	mail-client/thunderbird-bin-17.0.2 should RDEPEND on dev-libs/dbus-glib	2013-02-06 13:57:55
455990	Applications	base-system	UNCONFIRMED	app-shells/bash=4.2_p37 - segfault when script aborted - * glibc detected * double free or corru	2013-02-08 23:10:35
456912	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-libs/glibc-2.17 - remove patch 6600_mips_librt-mips.patch	2013-02-18 19:15:45
457624	GNOME	gnome	UNCONFIRMED	gnome-extra/gnome-system-monitor-3.6.1 has incorrect dependency on dev-cpp/glibmm	2013-02-14 21:52:35
457656	Applications	nikoli	UNCONFIRMED	media-sound/clementine (while scanning media) - segfault in TagLib::File::find(TagLib::ByteVector co	2013-02-15 15:57:13
457970	GNOME	gnome	UNCONFIRMED	dev-libs/glib-2.34.3 now depends on docbook	2013-02-17 16:42:43
458020	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	[toolchain overlay] sys-libs/glibc-2.6.1 does not compile with up to date gcc and binutils (via cros	2013-02-18 04:43:58
458270	KDE	kde	UNCONFIRMED	media-libs/qt-gstreamer-0.10.2: QtGLib requires >=sys-devel/gcc-4.5 as RDEPEND (libstdc++.so.6)	2013-02-19 11:59:44

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