Re: upgraded libc6 and libc6 and broke my system (Woody)
>>>>> "Bryan" == Bryan Walton <walton@berbee.com> writes:
Bryan> Hi Andrew, Rather mysterious. Nothing has broken. Restarted
Bryan> exim (in a deliberate attempt to break it - if the problem was
Bryan> really there), and is continued to work. Even rebooted (I
Bryan> would much rather have it break when I am expecting it).
Bryan> Everything still works. And /sbin/ldconfig is still there. I
Bryan> don't understand, but, nevertheless, I have downloaded the
Bryan> potato versions of the the .debs needed to fix things should
Bryan> the need arise. Is it possible that the problem is not
Bryan> universal?
Since the problem seems to be vaguely located in the db part of libc,
it is possible that it only affects exim installations that actually
do db lookups (which I think is rare on typical desktops, most people
just use flat text file maps).
--
Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A.
In his own soul a man bears the source
from which he draws all his sorrows and his joys.
Sophocles.
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