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Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkgupgrade-all

Gil André — 2013-03-15T22:06:56

Hmmmm…

On Mar 15, 2013, at 8:15 PM, Alan Hicks <alan< at >lizella.net> wrote:


Quite ironic, considering your signature…     ;-)

This being said, I tend to agree with you concerning Rich…

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkg upgrade-all

Alan Hicks — 2013-03-15T19:15:50

On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:56:39 +0100
"jens< at >tuxane.com" <jens< at >tuxane.com> wrote:

Ah yes, the old "Let he who is without sin..." routine.

Of course I've borked my system. That doesn't bother me. I don't mind
helping people who make mistakes. What I do mind is helping people who
cannot and/or will not help themselves. Rich continues to make the same
mistakes over and over and over again. He never learns anything by
having anyone help him out. After following his "ordeals" for... how
many years has it been now? Many of them... I've learned that holding
his hand will never actually help him out. He's gonna have to learn how
to sink or swim on his own.

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkgupgrade-all

2013-03-15T18:56:39

Am 15.03.2013 16:29, schrieb Michiel van Wessem:

Those who never borked their system may throw the first window :)

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkg upgrade-all [RESOLVED]

Rich Shepard — 2013-03-15T17:46:21


   I did a proper upgrade from 13.37 to 14.0 which includes the latest
release of stable slackpkg. But, the mirrors list is only for 13.37, 13.1,
and current.


   I probably missed this one. Thank you for pointing this out to me. Will
ensure that all new config files are in place.

Rich

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkg upgrade-all [RESOLVED]

Rich Shepard — 2013-03-15T17:44:13


   Just changed the directory in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors to -14.0 from 13.37
and it works fine.

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkg upgrade-all [RESOLVED]

Michiel van Wessem — 2013-03-15T17:39:33

On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:31:38 -0700 (PDT)
Rich Shepard <rshepard< at >appl-ecosys.com> wrote:


...

Well for one, the slackpkg file should *already* have all the mirrors
for 14.0 in it. That is if you 1) upgraded properly and to 14.0 as per
your initial e-mail.

I think the problem is you either never moved the .new file over or
just removed it as you wanted to stick either with whatever old version
you had or set it to -current. However looking at my own system (and at
the local mirror I keep); slackpkg will not have been the problem
except for the errors you put in.

M.

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkg upgrade-all [RESOLVED]

Rich Shepard — 2013-03-15T17:31:38


   Thanks again, Willy. That fixed the system. Now I'll go search the Web to
learn how to change the slackpkg mirror list to include those for 14.0.
That's what caused the problem.

Carpe weekend,

Rich

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkgupgrade-all

John Crowhurst — 2013-03-15T16:20:41

Hi Rich,

On 15/03/2013 14:36, Rich Shepard wrote:
You have attempted to upgrade glibc on your system and now you need to 
restore it, this is the tutorial that will fix your problems.

However, make sure you are running the same version as the install 
media, the glibc may work on 14.0 and 13.37 but it may not. It will 
definitely not work if you put the x64 version on i386 system or vice versa.

Best,

John

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkg upgrade-all

Michiel van Wessem — 2013-03-15T15:29:59

On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:50:29 -0400
Alan Hicks <alan< at >lizella.net> wrote:

glibc itself (apart from zoneinfo has not been upgraded in a while on
slackware64-14.0. and zoneinfo does not touch libc.so.6. Which brings
to mind that Alan is on the right track that the mirror he has selected
is from -current. 

But considering his (that's Rich) answer was "OSUOSL" rather than the
actual mirror given in /etc/slackpkg/mirror ...



Just a quick scour through my archives brings it roughly to about 34%
of the mailing list since I saw his first post.

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkg upgrade-all

Rich Shepard — 2013-03-15T15:10:31


  ...


John,

   Excellent advice; I'll do this on all hosts.

Much appreciated,

Rich

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkg upgrade-all

Alan Hicks — 2013-03-15T13:50:29

On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:05:04 +0100
Per Ronny Westin <vaxxipooh< at >gmail.com> wrote:

I disagree. Time and time again Rich proves that he's too incompetent
to administer his own systems. I'm sure his problem is a result of him
running a "bone stock" 13.37 system with a GNOME install that some one
compiled for 12.2 and glibc and the kernel from -current and... you get
the idea.

Just go back through this mailing list's history and see just how many
of the topics are Rich asking people to fix his own systems after a
total failure of common sense on his part.

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkgupgrade-all

John Crowhurst — 2013-03-15T14:42:27

Hi Rich,

To prevent this from happening in the future:
Edit /etc/slackpkg/blacklist with your favourite editor
Add the following to the file:


    # The gcc compiler suite:
    gcc
    gcc-g++
    gcc-gfortran
    gcc-gnat
    gcc-java
    gcc-objc

    # The GNU libc libraries:
    glibc
    glibc-i18n
    glibc-profile
    glibc-solibs
    glibc-zoneinfo
    glibc-debug


# kernel-ide
kernel-modules
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-firmware
kernel-generic
kernel-huge

This will prevent update-all from updating these libraries. You can 
upgrade them individually.

Best,

John


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Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkg upgrade-all

Rich Shepard — 2013-03-15T14:36:21


   Before I begin I would like to have one point clarified. Toward the bottom
of the HOWTO I read,

"Note:  there are some other packages that might need to be upgraded
 (downgraded, actually) while you're here; I'm not even going to
 attempt to list them, but for example, if you had already upgraded
 bash with the package from the newer Slackware version, you probably
 need to do the same thing as above with the a/bash-*.tgz package on
 the cdrom."

   Careful reading of this suggests it is applicable to someone who borks
glibc during a distribution upgrade, not to a working 14.0 which needs to
have 14.0 glibc restored. Is this correct?

Rich

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkg upgrade-all

Rich Shepard — 2013-03-15T13:27:09


Jason,

   Yes, it is a one-off. I sucessfully ran slackpkg updates on the Sony Vaio
before yesterday and on the other hosts on the LAN. The OSUOSL is only a
couple of hours down the Interstate from me so I use it for all the FOSS
applications they host there.

   I just read Robby's glibc HOWTO and will follow his instructions later
this morning. As a non-computer-professional user I can often fix things my
self based on years of use, but sometimes it's a brand-new situation and
this mail list always comes through.

Regards,

Rich

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkgupgrade-all

Jason Sizemore — 2013-03-15T13:09:19

Also have to agree with OSU.  I have always had good luck with them. The 
OSU open source lab is a great hoster of open source projects. Including 
Slackware : )
So always get my updates from them. I also use them for Centos stuff at 
work.  This may be just a one off glitch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Lab

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkg upgrade-all

Rich Shepard — 2013-03-15T03:34:42


   OSU (Oregon State U.)


   Me, neither. Until this evening.


   Thanks much! That's for tomorrow morning.

Rich

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkgupgrade-all

Per Ronny Westin — 2013-03-15T02:07:30

Alan Hicks skrev 2013-03-15 02:39:
that was not an constructive answer at all ?

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkgupgrade-all

Per Ronny Westin — 2013-03-15T02:05:04

Alan Hicks skrev 2013-03-15 02:39:
that was not a constructive answer :-(

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkg upgrade-all

Alan Hicks — 2013-03-15T01:39:38

On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:08:34 -0700 (PDT)
Rich Shepard <rshepard< at >appl-ecosys.com> wrote:


Yeah, try another distro or go back to Windows. Slackware is not for
you.

Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkgupgrade-all

Willy Sudiarto Raharjo — 2013-03-15T01:17:55

Which mirror did you use in slackpkg?
I never had this issue since i was using slackpkg

how to restore it?
Use Robby Workman's HOWTO guide:
http://rlworkman.net/howtos/glibc-recovery

CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkg upgrade-all

Rich Shepard — 2013-03-15T01:08:34

   Sony Vaio running stock 14.0/x86_64. After running 'slackpkg update' I ran
'slackpkg upgrade-all' and the screen went crazy with text scrolling by too
rapidly to read. This behavior is because libc.so.6 somehow was lost(!) and
everything depends on its presence ... including mount to try to restore
that package from the distribution DVD. Never in the 15 years I've run linux
has this happened to me. I'm well beyond my experience base and knowledge of
how to proceed.

   I've no idea what might have happened or why but do need to learn what I
need to do to restore the system to full working condition.

Advice and recommendations needed,

Rich