Hi Bob, yeah, that should fix it -- at least it worked in my case (thk God tar did not stop working). The steps I took were: on the 'healthy' machine: ----- tar cvjf /tmp/glibc-ok.tbz `rpm -ql glibc` (repeat this step -- changing names accordingly -- to all glibc-* packages you have installed on the 'ill' machine) on the 'ill' machine: ----- tar cvjf /tmp/glibc-bad-backup.tbz `rpm -ql glibc` (just in case... again, repeat to all glibc-* packages) cd / tar xvjf glibc-ok.tbz ... (these came from the healthy machine) ldconfig -v (don't know if this is really necessary) There's something else you might want to try: if you have a RH-provided kernel on your bootloader configuration, you might want to try booting it, since it might work with the RH-only glibc. And, once your system is usable again, make sure you install the new (fixed) glibc RPMs, just so that RPM database stays consistent. HTH Andre On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 05:31:21 +0000 "R.H. Palko" <rhp_lpt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 20-nov-03 > > Hello Andre: > > Thanks for the information, I believe you are right. I've found that > 'find' now hangs after finishing a search rather than exiting so its > affecting more than just rpm. > > I don't have the original glibc, but I do have a 'plain vanilla' RH 9 > box which was successfully updated to glibc* 2.3.2-27.9.7 so I'll tar > up the glibc-common and glibc-devel from that box and I'll try > overwriting the laptop with those which should bring everything up to > 2.3.2-27.9.7 and hopefully fix the problem. > > Brgds > Bob > > > >From: Andre Costa <acosta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >To: rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: Re: Rebuilding the database from scratch ?? > >Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:20:47 -0200 > > > >Hi folks, > > > >thought it might help: I had the exact same probls when I upgraded my > >glibc from RH a couple of days ago -- it happened that 2.3.2-27.9.6 > >was only compatible with RH-kernels, and my vanilla 2.4.22 did not > >work with that. As a result, _many_ apps (rpm, gkrellm, opera etc.) > >started segfaulting -- rpm segfaulted at the very same point you > >describe below, leaving behind a __db.001 file. > > > >Fortunately I had access to another RH9 box which hasn't been > >updated, and I made a tarball with all the files listed by 'rpm -ql > >glibc', and installed it over the files at my box. I don't know if > >would have been able to recover otherwise... > > > >RH released a new version (2.3.2-27.9.7) one day after, for which the > >only difference was: > > > >[Update 2003-11-13]: The packages for Red Hat Linux 9 have been > >updated for compatibility with kernels not provided by Red Hat. > > > >I installed it on my box and everything was smooth again. > > > >BTW: I am now running Fedora. > > > >HTH > > > >Andre -- Andre Oliveira da Costa _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
