Re: Oops, broke ncurses

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 8:01 AM, Joel Roth <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 11:27:33AM +1300, Michael Homer wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Joel Roth <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Hi Jonas,
>> >
>> > Jonas Neumann wrote:
>> >> SymlinkProgram ncurses $oldversion
>> >
>> > Thanks! However, SymlinkProgram aborts with a error:
>> > /bin/bash: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open, not found
>> >
>> > I guess I can create the symlink manually...
>> You can always perform the package management operations manually - in
>> this case, `ln -sf /Programs/X/Y/lib/* /lib`, but copies and removes
>> too. The tools are really only helpers. In this particular case though
>> there is also RescueSymlinkProgram, a static executable, which will
>> probably get you back up and running. You should run SymlinkProgram
>> again afterwards.
>> -Michael
>
> Thanks, I booted from the iso, and, since I had problems
> getting the paths right with RescueSymlinkProgram, I just
> used rsync to copy the libncurses links from the iso
> image.
>
> Reminds me it may be a good time to back up the system!
>
> For the recipes I've tried, one delicate part is the URL to
> the tarball. For example, I needed to change the version
> number to install the JACK audio connection kit. If I patch
> a recipe, can I submit it to the archive?
Use ContributeRecipe. NewVersion is also your friend here.
-Michael