Re: Current problems with libc6_2.1.1-2

1999-05-11 Thread Michael Beattie
On Mon, 10 May 1999, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, May 10, 1999 at 09:58:16AM -0400, Collins M. Ben wrote: > > glibc 2.1+ in potato is going to require a 2.2 kernel so this wont help. > > To be honest I am not sure how you passed the preinst phase since it > > should fail to even unpack the

Re: Current problems with libc6_2.1.1-2

1999-05-10 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
Quoting Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Is my machine a ticking time bomb or something? Will it not boot up next > time I have to reboot? > > Other than putting the acct package on hold, I've been tracking potato > pretty closely. I'm not sure about glibc requiring 2.2.x but I have noti

Re: Current problems with libc6_2.1.1-2

1999-05-10 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, May 10, 1999 at 09:58:16AM -0400, Collins M. Ben wrote: > glibc 2.1+ in potato is going to require a 2.2 kernel so this wont help. > To be honest I am not sure how you passed the preinst phase since it > should fail to even unpack the glibc 2.1.1. I'll look into why that > happened. What

Re: Current problems with libc6_2.1.1-2

1999-05-10 Thread Collins M. Ben
On Mon, May 10, 1999 at 06:43:44PM +0530, Sanjeev Gupta wrote: > I can't put in the 2.2.7 kernel now, as tar complains of chown problems. Boot using the one of the 2.2.1 resc1440 disks from slink and copy over the 2.2.1 kernel. You should be able to boot using that and be ok. If you experience th

Re: Current problems with libc6_2.1.1-2

1999-05-10 Thread Sanjeev Gupta
On Mon, 10 May 1999, Collins M. Ben wrote: > On Mon, May 10, 1999 at 02:43:39PM +0530, Sanjeev Gupta wrote: > > Folks, > > > > I have seen others also talking about the problem, but there doesn't seem > > to be a solution posted. > > > > However, the installation fails, as tar fails (chown pro

Re: Current problems with libc6_2.1.1-2

1999-05-10 Thread Collins M. Ben
On Mon, May 10, 1999 at 02:43:39PM +0530, Sanjeev Gupta wrote: > Folks, > > There has been talk on this for over a week, but I haven't seen a solution > posted. I have managed to take control of my machine, by booting > "init=/bin/sh", and starting the network manually. Even downloaded > libc6_2

Current problems with libc6_2.1.1-2

1999-05-10 Thread Sanjeev Gupta
Folks, There has been talk on this for over a week, but I haven't seen a solution posted. I have managed to take control of my machine, by booting "init=/bin/sh", and starting the network manually. Even downloaded libc6_2.1.1-3, which I assume will fix the problem. I have seen others also talki