On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, djh wrote: > On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Oisin Feeley wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been attempting to update an unregistered (with Red Hat) machine by > > downloading the errata and then installing them. I ran into an error > > with the glibc and glibc-common errata: > > > > Preparing... ##################################### [100%] > > 1:glibc-common ##################################### [50%] > > 2:glibc ##################################### [100%] > > error: %post(glibc-2.3.2-27.9) scriptlet failed, exit status 121 > > > > any other attempts to use rpm (or any other command) result in a > > segementation fault. > > Sounds like you upgraded to the i386 glibc RPM instead of the i686 RPM. > See this URL for more details (and how to fix it). > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88456 > Ah.... this seems like the business, thanks David. I'll report back on success or otherwise in an hour or so. I guess I should really get into the habit of searching bugzilla first before I bother the list. Thanks for all the helpful suggestions guys. Oisin Feeley
