Re: lchown(), libc6-2.0.7pre1, and 2.1.8x kernels
On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Steve Hsieh wrote:
> Doesn't appear to be good enough on its own...
>
> dpkg: error processing ssltelnet_0.11.1-2.deb (--install):
> error setting ownership of symlink `usr/man/man8/in.telnetd.8.gz': No such file or directory
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>
> ii libc6 2.0.7pre1-1 The GNU C library version 2 (run-time files)
>
> > The lchown() function shows up in the most recent libc6 package. Is
> > this on its own enough for dpkg to work happily with the 2.1.81+
> > kernels?
> >
> > --
2.1.86 swapped syscalls lchown and chown. So 2.1.86 is backward compatible.
Please upgrade to 2.1.86 and all will work again.
I just checked this on my system with a few packages that hadn't been able to
install. They went fine.
Adam
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