Re: upgraded libc6 and libc6 and broke my system (Woody)
The gods must be looking out for me, at least temporarily. Here is what "dpkg --status libc6 libc6-dev" shows:
Both packages: 2.1.94-1
HALLELUJAH!!!! (Knock on wood(y))
-Bryan WaltoN
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 08:51:06PM +0000, Pollywog wrote:
> I don't know why your system was unaffected. Did you also upgrade libc6-dev?
>
> --
> Andrew
>
> On 27-Sep-2000 Bryan Walton wrote:
> > Hi Andrew,
> > Rather mysterious. Nothing has broken. Restarted exim (in a
> deliberate
> > attempt to break it - if the problem was really there), and is continued to
> > work. Even rebooted (I would much rather have it break when I am expecting
> > it). Everything still works. And /sbin/ldconfig is still there. I don't
> > understand, but, nevertheless, I have downloaded the potato versions of the
> > the .debs needed to fix things should the need arise.
> > Is it possible that the problem is not universal?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bryan
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 06:25:55PM +0000, Pollywog wrote:
> >>
> >> On 27-Sep-2000 Bryan Walton wrote:
> >> > Hi, I have been following this thread today, very closely. Here is my
> >> > question,I did an apt-get -f install dist-upgrade (in unstable) this
> >> > morning
> >> > (as well as yesterday). So, I am sure that I am running this libc6
> >> > package
> >> > that is breaking everything for everybody. However, I haven't had any
> >> > problems (so far). Exim is still working fine. What does this mean?
> >> > Should I count my blessings? Or will this libc6 package start breaking
> >> > things only if I reboot?
> >> > Just trying to be pre-emptive here.
> >>
> >> Have you tried restarting an MTA? Exim and Postfix will both break down.
> >> Also, make sure your /sbin/ldconfig is still there.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Andrew
> >
> > --
> > Bryan K. Walton
> > Network Operations Center Analyst
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> > 608.288.3000
> >
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Bryan K. Walton
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