Hello,
Thanks for your promt reply. Much appreciated. I didn't quite
understand this:
> I fixed this with a link to a libdb?.so in /lib via /lib/libdb.so.3,
> and after that, the upgrade to a new libdb worked.
Do I just install libdb and manually link libdb2.so.3 back to the new
libc6.so. Is this right?
LISTING--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] tom]$ ls /lib/libdb* -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 237708 Sep 30 05:52 /lib/libdb-2.1.94.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 4 15:06 /lib/libdb.so.2 ->
libdb1-2.1.94.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Oct 4 15:06 /lib/libdb.so.3 ->
libdb-2.1.94.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50876 Sep 30 05:52 /lib/libdb1-2.1.94.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 4 15:06 /lib/libdb1.so.2 ->
libdb1-2.1.94.so
> Thomas Halahan wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have upgraded glibc to 2.1.94-3. During this process I have had
> > the same problems as many. i.e.
> >
> > * libdb.so.3 not found
> > * ldconfig disappears
> >
> > But now my apt (dselsct and gnome-apt) shows many unsolved
> > dependencies which become very confusing and difficult to solve.
> > Most notable is the requirement of libdb2 by many packages. However
> > libdb2 conflicts with my libc6, so there is nothing I can do.
> >
> > How do I persuade my apt programs to work again, as I am fed up of
> > downloading individual packages that turn out to have
> > interdependencies that are too difficult to solve with dpkg?
