Re: glibc 2.2.5

[Andreas Jaeger]

Hactar <address@hidden> writes:

> Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>> 
>> Hactar <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> > Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>> >>
>> >> address@hidden writes:
>> >>
>> >> > I finished compiling and installing gcc and glibc.  Now I can't execute
>> >> > any dynamic binaries.
>
>> >> >  I've got
>> >> >
>> >> > /lib/libc.so.6 -> /usr/local/lib/libc-2.2.5.so
>> >> > /lib/ld-linux.so -> /usr/local/lib/ld-2.2.5.so
>> >> > /usr/local/lib/ld-linux.so.2 -> ld-2.2.5.so
>> >>
>> >> Everything that'S in usr/local should be linked...
>
> You mean the originals should be in /, or in /usr?  /usr's inaccessible,
> early in the boot sequence.  I suppose I could populate /usr with a
> skeleton set of libs, then mount the real /usr over it.  Don't know how
> ld.so would deal with that.

Installing with --prefix=/usr puts the essential libs in /lib which
should be accessabel.  Check the layout with make install 
install_root=/tmp/glibc-test-install


>> >> You've broken your installation since /lib/ld-linux.so.2 is hardcode
>> >> into each binary.
>
>> >> I strongly suggest to remove that broken
>> >> installation and start with --prefix=/usr
>
>> > How do you propose I should uninstall the erroneous installation?
>
>> rm -rf - after fixing the links first.
>
> A. Well, if I delete the files first, can it get worse than it is now?

I don't know how your setup is, it might be.

> B. You mean, place links where the files are now, to where they're going
> to be?
>
> C. Where should the originals and links be?

Sorry, I can't help further.  This highly depends on what you've done.

>> You might need to reinstall via a different setup...
>
> 'ldconfig' is statically linked.  I have a statically-linked 'mv' and
> emergency disks, which presumably contain 'mv', 'ls', etc.  Is there a
> web site I can go to which has approximate recovery procedures?  If it's
> only that it would take a long time, that's OK.
>
>> Updating glibc is really not that easy...
>
> Yeah, I'm finding out; there are lots of ways to mess up...
>
>> Please ask for further help on the mailing lists!
>
> I sent an identical message to the mailing list as soon as I realized my
> mistake (<1 minute).  Unfamiliar mail client; I hit "reply to sender"
> instead of "reply to all".  Oops.

;-)

Andreas
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