Gnucash versions 2.2.9 and 2.4.10 broken in Debian Squeeze

[Ken Heard]

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After I upgraded from Lenny to Squeeze on 2012-11-30 the Squeeze main
repository kept the version of gnucash which I had previously installed
from lenny-backports, 2.2.9-10.   That gnucash version calls for
libglib2.0-0 version 2.24.0 or higher, which I assume was the version
originally in the Squeeze main repository, and probably in
lenny-backports as well.   In any event I was able to use that version
of gnucash until 2013-01-01.

Later that same day I installed a number of new packages, and also some
security fixes.  The following day I was unable to open gnucash.
Instead I received the following error message when I tried to open it
in a terminal emulator:

Gnu.bin – Message: main: binreloc relocation support was disabled at
configure time.
Segmentation fault.

I then checked the packages installed or upgraded on 2013-01-01; there
was only one which gnucash uses -- libglib2.0-0 version 2.24.2-1  This
version is now the one in the Squeeze main repository.  I consequently
can only assume that gnucash will not load with this version of that
package, although the gnucash dependency list says the it will work with
versions 2.24.0 and higher.  I also tried to use the version of gnucash
from squeeze-backports, 2.4.10-2, but it does not work  either and
returns the same segmentation fault message.

I recall that in 2010, when I was upgrading from Etch to Lenny and at
the same time upgrading gnucash 2.2.9 from an earlier version.  On that
occasion I had to recompile gnucash.

I have in addition since 2013-01-01 found problems with other packages
which use libglib2.0-0.  Package hardinfo now returns a segmentation
fault.  Iceweasel now 17.0 crashes when I attempt to download a file
from it.

Since I started using it in 2008 I have come to depend on gnucash for
all my accounts.  It is consequently critical that this bug be fixed as
soon as possible.

I have already filed two bug reports.  One is filed in the debian
tracking system, number 697737.  The other is filed in
bugzilla.gnome.org, number 691379.

Has anyone else experienced the same or a similar problem, either with
gnucash or libglib2.0-0?

Regards, Ken Heard
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