On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 12:53:11PM +0200, Jan Ciger wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > J.A. Magallon wrote: > | HI, just a WARNING > | > | I was updating remotely a machine and when it got to update to > | glibc-2.3.2-9mdk, some scriptlet failed and box is broken. > | Even ls just gives core-dump. > | > | I am able to start a sash. Any way to recover remotely ? > | And locally ? > | > | :(, Cooker risks :) > | > | TIA > | > > I didn't have any problems with the update. To recover, you will have to > boot from a CD, get the older version of the glibc RPM and install it. > > Good luck :-)
I had same fatal glibc update that coredumped my machine left and right. I managed to recover by downloading glibc-2.3.2-5mdk from a cooker mirror ( It is also on the Beta1 cd of 9.2). I then used mc to extract files from the glibc rpm and copied them on to my defunct machine booted into rescue mode. once i manged to boot in i then had to set rpm database right by force installing the same glibc-2.3.2-5mdk and its devel package. Now things are back to where it was befor that fatal glibc update. Hope this helps to anyone who got burnt cause of glibc update today. regards, parag
