Hi, I have the following problem:
The system was installed with debian-1.2 and since then "someone" installed a 'hamm' "ld" package, namely: ldso_1.9.2-3.deb Why "someone" did this I have no idea as there are no traces of any system admin documentation on the system. I was trying to upgrade to the latest perl and when executing dpkg -i ldso_1.8.10-2.deb it output to console something about "downgrading" the package, "chucked a fit" and left the system hanging. This was just great! nothing would execute except for the alrady loaded shell stuff like 'echo' ... The system upon reboot would hang at the "VFS ... " line. So I had to ftp to debian from the web server box, where I found in the 'unstable' 'hamm' section the above mentioned ldso_1.9.2-3.deb, unpack it with "-x", tar it up, put it on a floppy along with 'tar', use a 'rescue' disk to boot the nameserver, mount the root partition somewhere and 'tar -cvf the hamm ld' then 'ldconfig -v', cross fingers, touch wood and reboot the box ... it came up. Now, I would very much like to first find out why does this system have the 'hamm' ld on it. Is there some means of querying the debian system to find out what program/lib is depending on this 'ld'? And if there is no program/lib that _has_ to have this 'hamm' 'ld' I would like to know what is the *safest* way to downgrade to the stable ldso_1.8.10-2.deb. .... Also, having this "hamm ld" is it going to interfere with un upgrade to 1.3.x ? I wanted to upgrade perl and I got .... Preparing to replace perl 5.003.07-2 (using perl_5.003.07-10.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl: perl depends on ldso (>= 1.8.0-0); however: Package ldso is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing perl (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: perl Any ideas greatly appreciated, ps: if replying feel free to CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] as I'm only getting the 'digest' for this group. Rob - -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .