On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Frank Murphy <frankly3d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/02/12 18:27, Tom London wrote: > <snipped> > > >> >> I recovered by downloading nss-softokn-3.13.1-20.fc17 packages from >> koji, expanding them (on a Mac :-( ), and then copying the appropriate >> files to /usr/lib64. > > > Will test in the morning. To be clear: As single user, I moved away the existing files (including the 2 evil symbolic links) in /usr/lib64 (and /usr/include/nss3, if I recall correctly), copied in the new files, and ran 'ldconfig'. I then tested using "rpm -ql --package XXXXX.rpm" (using a local package). With this now working, I upgraded the nss-softokn packages (via "rpm -Uvh --force"). rpm/yum still appeared to work, so I rebooted. > > >> >> Now that rpm was working again, I could 'rpm -Uvh --force' the -20 >> packages to update the rpm db, etc. >> >> I'm sure there is an easier way using a rescue CD.... >> > > Unfortunaltly I have found, > that the rescue CD can be a damp squib. > > It doesn't like running command in a chroot. > Have had a number of not allowed eg. > "service autofs restart" > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Frank Murphy, friend of fedoraproject > UTF_8 Encoded > -- > test mailing list > test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test -- Tom London -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
