> Now there's a rather strong warning against downgrading ldso to version > 1.8.x, which is the option I'm looking at here, since I can't install > libc6 without gutting my system, making it near impossible to do what I > wanted to do in the first place, that is to compile a source package.
Well, I more-or-less understand why you wanted to upgrade ld.so, and why the upgrade didn't do what you wanted to. But I still fail to see why you want to downgrade ld.so. Really the hamm ld.so doesn't conflict/depend on anything in bo/hamm, so you should be able to use the hamm ld.so safely on a bo system. Really, unless you have _very_ good reasons to downgrade your ld.so, *don't* do it! > Why is this warning there? Well, I'm tempted to say "just try it, punk". But I won't, as that will make your system completely unusable: every command (cp, ln, bash, *everything*) will stop to work. > Is there anything I can do manually to downgrade my machine's ldso? There should be: (untested!): cd /tmp mkdir ldso dpkg --extract /tmp/ld.so.-bo-version-.deb ldso cp -a ldso/lib/* /lib dpkg -i /tmp/ld.-bo-version-.deb But I advice against this. And, it's so untested I would hesitate to use it on my computer. (Ah, well, I was one of the first to fall for the ld.so downgrade trap, and, after that I was so shocked at the results that I put statically linked versions of cp and friends in /static/bin. With those files I'd be able to get my system back on it's feet. But if you don't have them, well, you'll have to hard-reset your system, and boot from floppy). Wish you luck! -- joost witteveen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Potentially offensive files, part 5: /dev/random: `head -c 4 /dev/random` may print 4-letter words (once every approx 4e8 tries). -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
