From: wmperry@mango.ucs.indiana.edu (William M. Perry) Subject: Re: oops, I broke the link for /lib/libc.so.4 Date: 14 Aug 1993 12:44:52 GMT
>Ole Tange (tange@daimi.aau.dk) wrote:
>: Thus spake robert@Everest.Tandem.COM (Robert Gadbois):
>
>: >I think I've got real problems. I was installing image-4.4.tar.z when
>: >I inadvertently changed the link for /lib/libc... to nowwhere. Now my machine
>: >is very unhappy. Every command I try complains about not finding this library.
>: >Is there anything I can do about this? Or is it back to reinstalling the
>: >SLS time. Actually, moveing to a more current SLS might be a bigger win
>: >for me to get SLIP going anyway.
>
>: >Justonemorepersonouttherelearningthehardway
>: >rlg
>
>: He he, join the club of people that have removed their link!
>
>: But what is the correct way to install that libc?
>: --
>: --
>: Never (NEVER) run elm and rmail simultanously tange@daimi.aau.dk
>
>Boot from the A1 disk and mount /dev/hd?? ( The partition without the
>link) onto /mnt.
>
>move to the directory and create the link :
>
> # cd /mnt/lib
> # ln -s libc.so.4.3.3 libc.so.4
>
>sync the disks and reboot....
Or, if you don't want to have to bother rebooting twice:
1. go into emacs.
2. M-x lisp-interaction-mode
3. (make-symbolic-link "/usr/lib/libc.so.4.3.3" "/usr/lib/libc.so.4")
4. Hit CTRL-J
5. Voila - fixed
At least, thats how I fixed it when I did the same thing.
-Bill p.