On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 02:56, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> Edward Dekkers wrote:
> >>
> >>Well I can't do that now because it seems to have left my machine in a
> >>state where it has *two* glibc's and everything is now failing, can't
> >>even boot!
> >>
> >> Dave.
> >
> >
> > Bugger - I was going to tell you after your original post not to mess with
> > this. Glibc is so vital to system operations, I only EVER get the RedHat
> > RPMs for the RedHat operating system. Then I read this post and saw it was
> > too late.
> >
> > Shame I got onto this only this morning our time.
> > Hard to remove your changes now that you can't boot. Anyone have any
> > suggestions for this guy?
>
> Probably boot the system using Red Hat's "rescue" mode on the CD media,
> and "rpm --root /mnt/sysimage -e glibc-<version>". The rescue mode
> includes a copy of rpm, right? I don't recall :(
ok i'll try this. With regard to glibc updates from redhat network, I
think this should be in default list of things (i.e. with kernel) not to
automatically update.
I've noticed other people having problems with the latest update.
It completely renders ximian red-carpet useless..
Thanks to all for the advice.
Dave.
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