[S.u.S.E. Linux] Updating lib files
I downloaded libc.so.5.4.44 and moved it to /lib. I then tried to link it to libc.so.5 and found that I could not overwrite the existing link. Well, I blew away the libc.so.5. DON'T DO THAT! None of my basic shell commands would work. I still had Netscape running so I went in and saved the libc.so,5.4.44 as libc.so.5. I started breathing again. It works, but it is not a sim link. How would I go about doing this correctly? Steve -- "Alles Vergaengliche Ist nur ein Gleichniss" -Goethe, as quoted in Ludwig Boltzmann's Vorlessungen ueber Gastheorie. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
Steven T. Hatton wrote:
I downloaded libc.so.5.4.44 and moved it to /lib. I then tried to link it to libc.so.5 and found that I could not overwrite the existing link. Well, I blew away the libc.so.5. DON'T DO THAT! None of my basic shell commands would work. I still had Netscape running so I went in and saved the libc.so,5.4.44 as libc.so.5. I started breathing again. It works, but it is not a sim link. How would I go about doing this correctly?
Run 'ldconfig' this should link the newest minor version to libc.so.5. But anyway, I would never update a inportant lib in a running system. Better boot the rescue system from CD or floppy, mount you lib FS, install the new lib and reboot your system... Ciao, BB -- Bodo Bauer S.u.S.E., LLC fon +1-510-835 7873 bb@suse.de 458 Santa Clara Avenue fax +1-510-835 7875 <A HREF="http://www.suse.com"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com</A">http://www.suse.com Oakland CA, 94610 USA -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
Steven T. Hatton wrote:
I downloaded libc.so.5.4.44 and moved it to /lib. I then tried to link it to libc.so.5 and found that I could not overwrite the existing link. Well, I blew away the libc.so.5. DON'T DO THAT! None of my basic shell commands would work. I still had Netscape running so I went in and saved the libc.so,5.4.44 as libc.so.5. I started breathing again. It works, but it is not a sim link. How would I go about doing this correctly?
You *could* have done a 'ln -s --force libc.so.5.4.44 libc.so.5', but Bodo's solution(s) is probably much safer... -- --- e-mail: martin_moeller@technologist.com - an iName service for life(?) Martin Moeller, Denmark - Signing off. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
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