[php-maint] Bug#556237: libapache2-mod-php5: since upgrade to 5.2.11.dfsg.1-1 mediawiki is no longer able to keep sessions

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Package: libapache2-mod-php5
Version: 5.2.11.dfsg.1-1
Severity: normal


libapache2-mod-php5: since upgrade to 5.2.11.dfsg.1-1 mediawiki is no longer able to keep sessions
One then sees an error "Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data". In fact no sessions are created in /var/lib/php5. The rights of that directory are fine (tried 777 as well).
Other php applications are fine.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-pps (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libapache2-mod-php5 depends on:
ii  apache2-mpm-prefork    2.2.14-1          Apache HTTP Server - traditional n
ii  apache2.2-common       2.2.14-1          Apache HTTP Server common files
ii  libbz2-1.0             1.0.5-3           high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  libc6                  2.9-12            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcomerr2             1.41.9-1          common error description library
ii  libdb4.7               4.7.25-8          Berkeley v4.7 Database Libraries [
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.7dfsg~beta3-1   MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii  libk5crypto3           1.7dfsg~beta3-1   MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - C
ii  libkrb5-3              1.7dfsg~beta3-1   MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libmagic1              5.03-2            File type determination library us
ii  libpcre3               7.8-3             Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi
ii  libssl0.9.8            0.9.8k-5          SSL shared libraries
ii  libxml2                2.7.6.dfsg-1      GNOME XML library
ii  mime-support           3.46-1            MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  php5-common            5.2.11.dfsg.1-1   Common files for packages built fr
ii  tzdata                 2009n-1           time zone and daylight-saving time
ii  ucf                    3.0024            Update Configuration File: preserv
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime

libapache2-mod-php5 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libapache2-mod-php5 suggests:
ii  php-pear                 5.2.11.dfsg.1-1 PEAR - PHP Extension and Applicati

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