Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Oct 1998 09:04:27 -0700 | From | Barry Treahy <> | Subject | Re: libc.so.5.4.46 binaries |
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The first attempt was to expand and install the tar ball libc.5.4.46.bin.tar.gz which doesn't use make to install the libraries...
Justin A. Kolodziej wrote:
> doctor@fruitbat.org wrote: > > > > Barry Treahy ... > > > > > > I downloaded libc.so.5.4.46 binaries and installed them on my 2.0.33 > > > (Slackware distribution) and was a bit upset when my system chocked with > > > a last gasp of breath stating the the new library was not ELF?!?! I'm > > > no wizard here, but I know that this shouldn't happen. > > > > Well, I didn't have any problem *installing* the library and bringing > > up the system, but once it was up, certain things would no-longer work. > > For example: running "make" would core dump all the time. An strace of > > make shows it getting a SIGSEGV right after a stat() call for an RCS > > directory. That right there made it infeasible to keep 5.4.46. > > Thus sayith the Documentation/Changes file: > > If you upgrade to libc-5.4.46, please read and pay attention to its > accompanying release notes. The section about it breaking make is not > a joke. > > Problem is, I can't find the damned file that says what the workaround is in the > source distribution, (not README.*, Changelog or release.libc) and the binary > distribution has no docs at all!! > > So I can't say RTFM because the FM is no good :( > -- > My lucky number has been disconnected. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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