Re: Libc5 woes

1996-11-10 Thread Lindsay Allen
On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: > Look at some of the environment variables that are set when root logs in. > Look especially at $SHELL and $PATH. Type "alias" and see if any well-known > programs are aliased. These would be set by files like /root/.profile . You were right. Ron Murray

Re: Libc5 woes

1996-11-08 Thread Bruce Perens
Look at some of the environment variables that are set when root logs in. Look especially at $SHELL and $PATH. Type "alias" and see if any well-known programs are aliased. These would be set by files like /root/.profile . Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FR

Libc5 woes

1996-11-08 Thread Lindsay Allen
If I install any of the libc5-4-x packages my box has problems. But only when I am logged in as root. An extract from my dselect script: Version 2.10-8 of setserial already installed, skipping. Version 1.3-11 of sysklogd already installed, skipping. Version 1.20-0 of syslinux already installed,