Re: Glibc 2.16.0-2 and /lib problem : the answer ;)

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On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 17:35:56 +0200, Arno Gaboury wrote:

>On 07/07/2012 05:27 PM, fredbezies wrote:
>> Well, Tom gave the answer. Boot on rescue-CD / rescue USB-key.
>>
>> Remove /lib.
>>
>> And create a symlink : ln -sf /usr/lib lib
>>
>> I think there will be a lot of problem for a lot of users when glibc
>> 2.16.0-x will be uploaded on core.
>>
>> Well, I think I have to do this mistake. I *do* know that forcing
>> wasn't a good idea :|
>>
>As I will need to do the update too, can someone explain briefly  in 
>this list what shoule be done to avoid such a situation?
>
>TY in advance.
>

It may still fail 

error: extract: not overwriting dir with file lib
error: problem occurred while upgrading glibc
call to execv failed (No such file or directory)
error: command failed to execute correctly
error: could not commit transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (transaction aborted)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

At this the machine is toast. Hope magic-sysreq is enabled, and you
have rescue disk ...





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