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

[Jonas Karlsson]

2007/7/5, Michael Homer <gobo-users-dufus at wotfun.com>:
> On 7/5/07, Jeremy Visser <jeremy.visser at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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.
> Use ln.

This error most probably comes from a broken ld.so.cache. Jeremy, you
should try and run 'ldconfig'.

Michael, could you check the procedure upgrading Glibc using Freshen?
It seems like the installation dies with a broken Glibc installation.

-- 
/Jonas