On Sat, 14 Jun 1997, Mark Phillips wrote: > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libc.so (No such file or > directory), skipping > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libm.so (No such file or > directory), skipping > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libpthreads.so (No such file or > directory), skipping
> The strange thing is though, that these files and directories to > in fact exist. Any explanations/solutions? Sounds like a broken symbolic link. Try "file /usr/lib/libc.so" or do an "ls -l" on the files to see where they are pointing. > Is it true that dselect can't handle missing files even if they're > not needed? Any way to get around the problem. Debian is so big > now that a solution needs to be found, other wise I will have > tremendous problems installing Debian. If you are making a special mirror (i.e. non standard), make a special packages file using dpkg-scanpackages from dpkg-dev. In the mounted option of dselect, I point the "_main_ binary dir" to the root of my mirror where my packages file for all packages exist. HTH, Brandon ----- Brandon Mitchell E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7877/home.html "We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." --Linus Torvalds -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
