Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 16 Jun 1996 16:34:57 -0600 (CST) | From | Aaron Ucko <> | Subject | Re: make |
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>> Ever tried removing /lib/libc.so* with the hope of installing the new >> ones? (** Please DON'T try it! None of your binaries will work after >> that unless you reboot from different drive and fix the symlinks **) >> Please don't think in terms of DOS .EXEs. Do a man on ld.so for >> further details. The issue is deeper than just mere variables. >> > >Hmm, I've done that, it was a very bad experance. You should be able to >fix it with ldconfig tho, it's staticly linked (or should be, mine is), >not that I'm going to try it to see ;)
What's really painful is cp'ing a new version of libc with the same major number on top of the old one. (Don't ask...) If a cron job starts up at the same time, WHAM! instant crash.
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