Peter Crighton wrote: > On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:35:05 +0100, you wrote: >>On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:27:15 +0100, you wrote: >>>On 16/10/10 18:07, Peter Crighton wrote: >>>> I'm trying to install the Adaptec Storage Manager for the 21610SA SATA >>>> RAID controller on Centos 5.5. >>>ln -s libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 <snip> > Out of interest, I believe that "ln" tells Linux to use one file as > another (a link) but under what condition is it OK to make the link as > suggested? Often, though not always, you can make a symbolic link downwards. Trying to make a link upwards, that is, from an older release to a newer (ln -s libwhatever.1 libwhatever.2) most probably won't work, since entry points, or function names, may have been changed or modified. mark _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos