Re: CRITICAL ISSUE: libc.so.6 lost in slackpkg upgrade-all

Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.slackware
Message-ID <CAJ+QsaK_wvTcs-Pu0Qpef0AOMQgsdJjo1RyVTKF2ojm-GSCU4w@mail.gmail.com>
>   Sony Vaio running stock 14.0/x86_64. After running 'slackpkg update' I ran
> 'slackpkg upgrade-all' and the screen went crazy with text scrolling by too
> rapidly to read. This behavior is because libc.so.6 somehow was lost(!) and
> everything depends on its presence ... including mount to try to restore
> that package from the distribution DVD. Never in the 15 years I've run linux
> has this happened to me. I'm well beyond my experience base and knowledge of
> how to proceed.
>
>   I've no idea what might have happened or why but do need to learn what I
> need to do to restore the system to full working condition.

Which mirror did you use in slackpkg?
I never had this issue since i was using slackpkg

how to restore it?
Use Robby Workman's HOWTO guide:
http://rlworkman.net/howtos/glibc-recovery

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Willy Sudiarto Raharjo
Personal Blog : http://willysr.blogspot.com
Linux Blog: http://slackblogs.blogspot.com
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