On Sat, 15 Nov 1997 08:15:04 +0100 Robert Alexander ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> in a fit of abysmal stupidity I manage to break my 1.3.1 system.
> I wanted to upgrade to netbase-netstd 3.0 and FORCED an un-install of
> libreadline2 to install libreadline2g ... now my bash is broken and god
> knows what else ... locked out of home ...
>
> Only after I discovered the libc5-to-libc6-miniHOWTO ....
>
> Do I have some chance of rescuing my system ???
Yes. Don't panic.
Put libreadline2 on a floppy, boot with the rescue disk, mount the floppy under
/floppy, mount your filesystem hierarchy over /mnt (not just the root
filesystem, you have to mount var on /mnt/var, etc...), and just do
PATH=/mnt/bin:/mnt/sbin:/mnt/usr/bin:/mnt/usr/sbin:$PATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/mnt/lib:/mnt/usr/lib
export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH
dpkg --root=/mnt --install /floppy/libreadline.deb
I'm not sure that the PATH/LD_LIBRARY_PATH stuff is mandatory (it just tells to
look for binaries and libraries on your hard disk), but I tend to believeit
won't work without it.
And next time, think twice before using any of the --force options :-)
Phil.
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