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- From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: correction to release.libc-4.2 notes
- Date: 4 Jan 1993 23:10:33 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
- Lines: 39
- Message-ID: <1ib589INNa1d@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>
- References: <1993Jan5.025748.10858@afterlife.ncsc.mil>
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- jepstei@afterlife.ncsc.mil (John Epstein) writes:
-
- >If you already have a version of libc.so.4.2 the instructions cause
- >libc.so.4 to disappear --- I actually recovered without using bootdisk.
- >by mcopy to floppy and mcopy to /lib since my mcopy didn't use libc.so.4
-
- >BTW: It might be nice if ln was -static so ln -sf always available!!!
-
- >The problem with the instructions is:
-
- >cp libc.so.4.2 libc.so.4.2.old --> libc.so.4.2.ol for 14 char minix file system
- >the next line is
- >ln -sf libc.so.4.2.old libc.so.4 --> generates a 15 char symbolic link
-
- >I thought this would work as identical for first 14 char
-
- >My system died on the mv libc.so.4.2 foo
-
- >I am running linux-0.99 pl 1 prior to begin of libc-4.2 and gcc-2.3.3
-
- >John
-
- Two comments here:
-
- 1). Always keep backups of the old library when installing a new one.
-
- 2). Your comment about ln brings up one question in my mind... Why don't
- you recompile it then??? Remember, this is YOUR system and you
- can do what you want. Everything that comes from the various
- installation programs will probably be linked shared just to save
- disk space. Recompile some important utils and put them in /sbin.
-
- ( I'm not trying to be snide or anything, but a lot of people seem to think
- they can't do anything to their systems without asking first. Remember,
- this is a lot more complex than dos, and people have to make decisions on
- their own sometime. Maybe this will someday cut down on traffic is people
- remember this. )
-
- James
-