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From: jbarrm@panix.com (Barry Masterson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: [help] ld.so problems
Date: 10 May 1997 04:08:14 -0400
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Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@FreeBSD.org) wrote:
: > I upgraded from 2.1.5 to 2.2.1 this weekend. No problems until I tried to
: > use X. At that point ld.so errors started to occur indicating that

: This is using sysinstall's "upgrade" feature?

: I've heard reports that certain immutable binaries aren't being properly
: upgraded by the installation..  Could you try the following (followed by
: a reboot of the system):

: cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/ld
: make all install
: [assuming a 2.2.1 src tree]

: Let me know if this has any effect.  Thanks!

Another successful 2.1.7 -> 2.2.1 (CD) upgrade. I too had the 
ld.so errors, not only for X, but for several other lib files. 
The above incantation does indeed work. Many thanks!

Barry Masterson
jbarrm@panix.com

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