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- From: hlu@luke.eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: correction to release.libc-4.2 notes
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.082703.16846@serval.net.wsu.edu>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 08:27:03 GMT
- Article-I.D.: serval.1993Jan5.082703.16846
- References: <1993Jan5.025748.10858@afterlife.ncsc.mil>
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- In article <1993Jan5.025748.10858@afterlife.ncsc.mil> 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
-
- This is the real fix for jump-4.2.TZ.
-
- H.J.
- -----
- *** /tmp/Makefile Tue Jan 5 00:20:57 1993
- --- shlib/jump/Makefile Tue Jan 5 00:24:13 1993
- ***************
- *** 396,402 ****
- done
- # The following is necessary because the "text file" may be active.
- -if [ -f $(IMAGEDIR)/$(CSHLIB) ]; then \
- ! mv $(IMAGEDIR)/$(CSHLIB) $(IMAGEDIR)/$(CSHLIB).old; \
- fi
- cp $(CSHLIB) $(IMAGEDIR)
-
- --- 396,406 ----
- done
- # The following is necessary because the "text file" may be active.
- -if [ -f $(IMAGEDIR)/$(CSHLIB) ]; then \
- ! cp $(IMAGEDIR)/$(CSHLIB) $(IMAGEDIR)/libc.so.old; \
- ! if [ -f $(IMAGEDIR)/$(CLOADSHLIB) ]; then \
- ! ln -fs $(IMAGEDIR)/libc.so.old $(IMAGEDIR)/$(CLOADSHLIB); \
- ! fi
- ! rm -f $(IMAGEDIR)/$(CSHLIB); \
- fi
- cp $(CSHLIB) $(IMAGEDIR)
-
-