[root@linux1 cooker]# rpm -ivh ncurses-5.2-2mdk.i586.rpm
ncurses ##################################################
/sbin/ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 (Too many levels
of symbolic links), skipping
/sbin/ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5.2 (Too many
levels of symbolic links), skipping
[root@linux1 cooker]# ls -l /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Oct 29 19:14
/usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 -> ../../usr/lib/libncurses.so.5.2
[root@linux1 cooker]# ls -l /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Oct 29 19:14
/usr/lib/libncurses.so.5.2 -> ../../usr/lib/libncurses.so.5.2
The libraries appear to be correctly placed in /usr/lib:
[root@linux1 cooker]# ls -l /lib/libncurses*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 29 19:14 /lib/libncurses.so.1
-> libncurses.so.5.2*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 29 19:14
/lib/libncurses.so.1.9.9e -> libncurses.so.5.2*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 29 19:14 /lib/libncurses.so.3
-> libncurses.so.5.2*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 29 19:14
/lib/libncurses.so.3.0 -> libncurses.so.5.2*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 29 19:14 /lib/libncurses.so.4
-> libncurses.so.5.2*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 29 19:14
/lib/libncurses.so.4.2 -> libncurses.so.5.2*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 29 19:14 /lib/libncurses.so.5
-> libncurses.so.5.2*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 29 19:14
/lib/libncurses.so.5.0 -> libncurses.so.5.2*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 29 19:14
/lib/libncurses.so.5.1 -> libncurses.so.5.2*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 267160 Oct 27 08:13
/lib/libncurses.so.5.2*
It looks like the symbolic links point back to themselves instead of to /lib.
.../Ed
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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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