Re: glibc installation

Thomas Dodd <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.psyche
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Daniel Tan wrote:
> i downloaded glibc-2.3.2 and untar it into a dir coz rpm does not work at
> all.

Bad idea. Red Hat has patch to glibc that you really need. I would be 
surprized if you had much luck with a tarball version.

> followed INSTALL guide from glibc....
> then ran configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-add-ons

Of course, you don't install glibc in /usr/local on a linux system. The 
Red Hat version uses /usr or /, I don't have the SRPM handy to check which.

What addons are you enabling? Some might conflict.
> then ran make and got these errors...
> 
> Makeconfig:84: sysdeps/../config.make: No such file or directory
> Makerules:782: no file name for `include'
> The GNU C library has not been configured.
> Run `configure' to configure it before building.
> Try `configure --help' for more details.
> make: *** [sysdeps/../config.status] Error 1

Looks like your attmpt to run configure failed.
You really should get the rpm.

Boot in rescue mode, mount your filesystem under /mntsysimage if recue 
doesn't. Then use
  rpm -Uvh --oldpackage --root=/mnt/sysimage <correct glibc rpms>

Make sure you use i686 version of glibc, if you have i686 or better.
Problems occur switching from i686 to i386 versions. glibc-common is 
i386 only, and needed too.

	-Thomas


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