On 8/24/2012 3:40 PM, Feuerbacher, Alan wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: > >>> My ldconfig doesn't have a -a option. >> Sorry. Without the link and as root: >> >> # ldconfig -v | less > What does running this as root get you as opposed to running it as a regular > user? I don't have root access. So I ran this as a regular user. > > I'm doing all this in unusual circumstances but it's a long story. Basically > I'm using LFS as a basis for installing a system in parallel with the > existing Redhat (RHEL5) system. The system is not my own but my company's > system, and I'm not allowed to mess with the actual operating system. Nor can > we upgrade to a newer system for various reasons. So I have to install > everything in my own directories. I've succeeded in doing this, and am now > tying up a lot of loose ends. > > So in these emails when I write /usr/lib, what I really have is > /home/afbacher/LFS71/lfs80/usr/lib, and I'm chopping out the stuff I think is > irrelevant to getting help from you gurus. > >> The /lib section should have libbz2.so.1.0 -> libbz2.so.1.0.6 > There are no entries anywhere for this stuff. > >> Then >> >> $ ls -l /lib/libbz* >> >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Aug 22 05:24 /lib/libbz2.so.1.0 -> >> libbz2.so.1.0.6 >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 69018 Aug 22 15:43 /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.6 > Doing the equivalent, and not chopping anything out, I get this: > > afbacher:~/LFS71/lfs80/lib$ ls -l /home/afbacher/LFS71/lfs80/lib/libbz* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 afbacher pmbude 15 Aug 22 10:55 > /home/afbacher/LFS71/lfs80/lib/libbz2.so.1.0 -> libbz2.so.1.0.6* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 afbacher pmbude 219K Aug 22 09:41 > /home/afbacher/LFS71/lfs80/lib/libbz2.so.1.0.6* > > afbacher:~/LFS71/lfs80/lib$ ls -l /home/afbacher/LFS71/lfs80/usr/lib/libbz* > -rw-r--r-- 1 afbacher pmbude 343K Aug 22 09:45 > /home/afbacher/LFS71/lfs80/usr/lib/libbz2.a > lrwxrwxrwx 1 afbacher pmbude 23 Aug 22 10:56 > /home/afbacher/LFS71/lfs80/usr/lib/libbz2.so -> ../../lib/libbz2.so.1.0* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 afbacher pmbude 23 Aug 24 15:09 > /home/afbacher/LFS71/lfs80/usr/lib/libbz2.so.1.0 -> ../../lib/libbz2.so.1.0* > > I suspect that something to do with ldconfig is my problem, but I don't > understand how that plays into the complete Linux system. > > Alan > This might be completely off-topic, but have you tried using a VM to build LFS? I have seen some portable versions of VirtualBox on the Internet, and using a live cd to build the system inside a VM might solve some problems. After that, it would be up to you to prove that your system is better than the Redhat systems still in use at your company.
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