[ale] tpdualscan binary - newbie perplexed at compilation error

Joe Knapka jknapka at charter.net
Sat Aug 7 16:20:41 EDT 1999


Really, there's no "libc.so*" in /lib? It is rather
amazing that anything on your system runs.

Just out of curiosity, what happens when you do
"ldd /usr/bin/find"?

Luck,

-- Joe

Jeff Dilcher wrote:
> 
> ok, the locate libc.so returned this:
> 
> /usr/i486/-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5
> /usr/i486/-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5.3.12
> 
> So, is that in some type of non standard place, or would
> explain why I get the
> 
> ld: cannot open -lc: No such file or directory
> 
> when I compile?  Perhaps there is another library rpm
> something or 'nother I need?
> 
> The clueless thank you for your support,
> 
> Jeff
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of
> > linuxhat at mailandnews.com
> > Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 6:45 PM
> > To: hirsch at mathcs.emory.edu
> > Cc: ale
> > Subject: RE: [ale] tpdualscan binary - newbie perplexed at compilation
> > error
> >
> >
> > On 6 Aug 1999, hirsch at mathcs.emory.edu wrote:
> >
> > >Try "locate libc.so" to find where your libc is stored.  (For this to work you
> > >either have to leave your computer on overnight at least once, or run
> > >"/etc/cron.daily/updatedb.cron" once by hand.
> >
> > or instead of getting complicated, you could use brute force:
> >
> > find / -name libc.so -print
> >
> > although I imagine that
> >
> > find /lib /usr -name libc.so -print
> >
> > or even
> >
> > find /lib /usr/lib -name libc.so -print
> >
> > might be considerably more efficient....
> >
> > -- Glenn
> >

-- Joe Knapka
* I speak only for myself, except when the little transceiver
* at the base of my skull is activated...






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