[gobolinux-users] Need a way to run 'SymlinkProgram Ncurses' without actually doing it

[Jeremy Visser]

After only performing updates on my GoboLinux install, it is already
broken. Why does something so basic have to be so difficult? *grumble*

I've been running Freshen -U, and it seemed to cut out part-way, and now
bash won't start because it complains of this:

	bash: error while loading shared libraries:
		libtinfo.so.5: cannot open shared
		object file: No such file or directory

I've checked /System/Links/Libraries/libtinfo.so.5, it's there alright.

I wanted to run 'SymlinkProgram Ncurses' (ncurses owns the file
libtinfo.so.5) but seeing as though bash is broken, I can't run
SymlinkProgram to fix it.

I stuck in a BusyBox, so I can at least chroot in, but I can't run
SymlinkProgram. I think it's because BusyBox only emulates sh, not bash,
or something. I'm confused.

Every single time I have attempted to run GoboLinux I have run into
these Catch-22s after a very short time. Something tells me there is
something seriously wrong with GoboLinux's package management in
general. Will it be fixed in 014? I hope so.