On 10/25/07, Rong-en Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/25/07, Rong-en Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/25/07, Rong-en Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 10/25/07, Alson van der Meulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > My installworld of RELENG_6 from a few hours ago failed with this error > > > > (from memory): > > > > /lib/libncurses.so.6: undefined symbol: __mb_sb_limit > > > > > > > > This broke everything that depended on libncurses, plus PAM. I had to > > > > force a reboot via DDB and copy /usr/obj/lib/libc/libc.so.6 to /lib > > > > using binaries from /rescue to fix it so I could run make installworld > > > > again. > > > > > > I will take a look. before that do not upgrade your system. > > > > I did some tests, it turns out that only RELENG_6 is affected. To be > > more specific, as ncurses lib is installed before libc. It gets broken. > > For 7 and above, it is fine because we install libc right after csu and > > before everything. > > > > One way to solve this is we install libc as early as possible, but I > > think it may be too risky at release cycle, so I would like to back > > out this change and add an UPDATING entry. Then check whether > > we can change the installation order of libc later. > > > > If you cvsup after 'Oct 24 14:32:33 2007 UTC', please do not > > upgrade until I send out all clear message. > > > > If you already broken your world, use this way in *single user*, > > > > /rescue/chflags noschg /lib/libc.so.6 > > /rescue/cp /usr/obj/usr/src/lib/libc/libc.so.6 /lib/ > > > > then you need reboot, after that continue installworld (this is what I > > just did). > > > > Sorry for all the trouble. > > An entry in UPDATING is added and I'm working on a proper fix.
If you have updated your source after Oct 24, please apply this patch http://people.freebsd.org/~rafan/libc-order.diff before building world. Regards, Rong-En Fan _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
