From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 02:15:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A318106566C for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 02:15:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16D608FC1E for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 02:15:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 16750 invoked from network); 4 Mar 2008 20:15:05 -0600 Received: from 124-170-125-77.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.170.125.77) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 4 Mar 2008 20:15:05 -0600 Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:15:02 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome To: Dimitri Yioulos Message-ID: <20080305131502.59aa7023@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <200803041616.45633.dyioulos@firstbhph.com> References: <284486.87640.qm@web25010.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <200803041616.45633.dyioulos@firstbhph.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lib Errors After 6.3 - 7 Update X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:15:06 -0000 On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:16:44 -0500 Dimitri Yioulos wrote: > Perhaps someone has a better suggestion for you, but I had a similar issue > with regard to installing VMware Tools. In my case, I symlinked libc.so.5 > linked to libc.so.6, and the VMware Tools installation proceeded. Like Kris said, not really good. An option may be, if you want to limit your exposure to compatibility issues, is to use libmap.conf , so you only map libc.so.6 as .5 ONLY for certain executables/libraries that depend on them. I find it this method a much better one to managed - one central place to manage library tricks, and is more advanced than symlinking. And you can easily transfer it to other systems B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome My wish is that your day will be a good one. If not....... May the fleas of one thousand camels infest the crotch of the person who screws up your day and may their arms be too short to scratch. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.