On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 14:21, Martin Schlemmer wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 04:41, Spundun Bhatt wrote:
> > On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 14:04, Martin Schlemmer wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 00:08, Steven wrote:
> > > 
> > > > poretz root # ls -l /lib/libc[.-]*
> > > > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      1453821 Feb 23 04:30 /lib/libc-2.3.1.so
> > > > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           13 Mar  3 17:58 /lib/libc.so.6 -> 
> > > > libc-2.3.1.so
> > > > 
> > > > poretz root # ls -l /usr/lib/libc[.-]*
> > > > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root      2561570 Feb 23 04:30 /usr/lib/libc.a
> > > > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          178 Feb 23 04:30 /usr/lib/libc.so
> > > > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       580404 Mar 15 23:01 /usr/lib/libc.so.5
> > > > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           16 Feb 18  2005  -> /usr/lib/libc.so
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Fix should be simple:
> > > 
> > >  # rm /usr/lib/libc.so.6; ldconfig
> > > 
> > Why do you need to do that? Whats the exact problem over here?
> > I also have /usr/lib/libc.so.5 but I dont have this problem [wait! lemme
> > chack mplayer.... well not elf header problem.. some other old problem
> > thoug... may be I should put that on this mailing list....]
> > Spundun
> 
> If you actually looked at what '/usr/lib/libc.so.6' is linked to,
> you would see it is /usr/lib/libc.so.  If you then actually did some
> further investigation, you would see:
I missed that part but I didnt know about this file utility and other
stuff atall. Anyway... i dont have the so.6 symlink.... but I do have
the other files, I wonder where that symlink came from.

So ld config will restore good paths of /usr/lib/libc.so.... ? so Steven
wont have to reemerge?
Spudun
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> nosferatu root # file /usr/lib/libc.so
> /usr/lib/libc.so: ASCII C program text
> nosferatu root # cat /usr/lib/libc.so
> /* GNU ld script
>    Use the shared library, but some functions are only in
>    the static library, so try that secondarily.  */
> OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf32-i386)
> GROUP ( /lib/libc.so.6 /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a )
> nosferatu root #
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Meaning: It is NOT a dynamic library, meaning anything that tries to
>          link to it during runtime will do what his mplayer does.
> 
> Conclusion:  The symlink is bogus/invalid, and should be removed.
> 
> 
> Regards,


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