[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: libc.so.6 errors after FedoraCore4 Upgrade

[David Simmons]

Kevin - Thanks for the quick response!

On Mon, 2005-06-20 at 13:37 -0400, Kevin Korb wrote:
> You might need to run ldconfig although a reboot should have taken care
> of that.  How does ldconfig -v look?

in the /usr/lib: section, everything looks ok (ok meaning links appear
to be fine) until we get down to:
...
libbz2.so.1 -> libbz2.so.1.0.2
/usr/X11R6/lib/tls:  (hwcap: 0x800000000000000000)
/lib/i686: (hwcap: 0x0008000000000000000)
/lib/tls: (
.....

then it seems to alternate between a 'good link' and a (hwcap: )
message.

> libc is the most important library on the system

Hmmm...ok, with that being said, let's see how the update went:

cat /root/upgrade.log:

Upgrading 789 packages
Upgrade Dependency:....
.....
Upgrading glibc-2.3.5-10.i686.
error:  %trigger(redhat-1sb-1.3-4.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status
255
.....
error:  %pre(screen-4.0.2-9.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 10
.....
error:    install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping screen-4.0.2-9
.....

> You can also find the dhclient binary and run ldd on it. 

/sbin/dhclient
/sbin/dhclient-script

[root at localhost sbin]# ldd dhclient
           linux-gate.so.1 => (0x00299000)
           libc.so.6 => not found


AH-HA...you were right...but...um...how do I fix this?  Would it be best
just to backup /home, reformat and start clean?  Is this because in FC4
they are using a completely new GCC?  if so, why even have the 'upgrade
an existing installation' option?

Thanks in advance,

dave