[arch-general] Glibc 2.16.0-2 and /lib problem : the answer ;)

[DR]

On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 5:17 AM, Christian Hesse <list at eworm.de> wrote:

> Jonathan Hudson <jh+arch at daria.co.uk> on Sat, 2012/07/07 17:00:
> > On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 17:35:56 +0200, Arno Gaboury wrote:
> >
> > >On 07/07/2012 05:27 PM, fredbezies wrote:
> > >> Well, Tom gave the answer. Boot on rescue-CD / rescue USB-key.
> > >>
> > >> Remove /lib.
> > >>
> > >> And create a symlink : ln -sf /usr/lib lib
> > >>
> > >> I think there will be a lot of problem for a lot of users when glibc
> > >> 2.16.0-x will be uploaded on core.
> > >>
> > >> Well, I think I have to do this mistake. I *do* know that forcing
> > >> wasn't a good idea :|
> > >>
> > >As I will need to do the update too, can someone explain briefly  in
> > >this list what shoule be done to avoid such a situation?
> > >
> > >TY in advance.
> > >
> >
> > It may still fail
> >
> > error: extract: not overwriting dir with file lib
> > error: problem occurred while upgrading glibc
> > call to execv failed (No such file or directory)
> > error: command failed to execute correctly
> > error: could not commit transaction
> > error: failed to commit transaction (transaction aborted)
> > Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
> >
> > At this the machine is toast. Hope magic-sysreq is enabled, and you
> > have rescue disk ...
>
> Same problem here. (Though I have a rescue system on disk, so no real
> hurt.)
>
> /lib still existed in filesystem, though it was empty.
>
The simplest solution might be: /usr/lib/ld-2.16.so ln -s /usr/lib /lib
Haven't tested that, though.


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