[ale] libc5 vs libc6

[Nomad the Wanderer]

Ok,
  A couple stupid questions then.  Since I"m usinging primarily rpm's so
I can keep up with what installs what, where do I get the source for
mount? (What package i.e. net_tools, bin_utils, etc).

  Second.  Is there a list of all the libc-5 files somewhere so I can get
it completely clean?

Robert

Thus spake Chris Ricker (kaboom at gatech.edu):

> On  4 May, Nomad the Wanderer wrote:
> > I moved the /lib/libc.so.5 and it looked happy, except mount wouldn't
> > run anymore.  I figured that was a bad thing.  I linked libc.so.5 to
> > libc.so.6 and it reported "sucess", however it wasn't mounting the
> > filesystems.  When I put the original links back, it worked (and still
> > is).
> 
> Do an ldd /bin/mount.  You'll probably find that it's linked against
> libc5.  Simply recompile against glibc and you should be set.
> 
> BTW, there's a script floating around (don't remember the name
> off-hand) that will tell you all the files on your system that are
> a.out, elf, linked against what libraries, and things like that.  I
> think it's intended for finding unused libs (so you can delete them to
> save space), but it might be useful for finding everything linked
> against libc5....  If you can't find it, you can make your own with
> find, file, and ldd.
> 
> > Sue you?  As many of my stupid questions as you've answered?
> 
> I've long since learned that it's best to include a disclaimer when
> telling someone to delete libc ;-).
> 
> later,
> chris
> 
> --
> Chris Ricker						kaboom at gatech.edu
> 
> 

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 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'