On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Hidong Kim wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently upgraded glibc-2.0.7-29 on a Mandrake 5.3 machine to
> glibc-2.1.1-6. I got glibc-2.1.1-6.i386.rpm from a mirror site and did
> 'rpm -Uvh glibc-2.1.1-6.i386.rpm'. Now I'm having problems running some
> apps which ran fine before. They're indicating shared library errors.
> I'm not entirely sure that I upgraded to glibc-2.1.1-6 correctly. Can I
> revert back to glibc-2.0.7-29 by removing glibc-2.1.1-6, and
> reinstalling the glibc-2.0.7-29 rpm which is on the Mandrake 5.3 CD?
> Thanks,
You might want to be made aware of the ldconfig program. It uses
/etc/ld.so.conf to point it to the directories and then it builds a cache
of all dynamically linked libraries. Might be worth giving a slap, as it
updates all the symbolic links for libraries too...
HTH
John
