[arch-general] libreadline.so issues

[David Rosenstrauch]

Samuel Baldwin wrote:
> -s), but now when I boot I get errors when it tries to enter runlevel
> 3 (I haven't played with any runlevel stuff):
> 
> /bin/bash: error while loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.5:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> INIT: Entering runlvel: 3
> /bin/bash: error while loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.5:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> 
> I could just wipe / and start over, but I'd prefer to find a better
> way to deal with this. I haven't installed anything on my desktop
> (x86_64 as well) for fear this is will trash that machine as well. Any
> suggestions?

Same issue as in this thread?

http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2009-July/006277.html

I.e., sounds like you've got some compatibility issues with packages in 
testing.

HTH,

DR