Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:50:39 +0800 From: "Rong-en Fan" <grafan@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: don't upgrade to RELENG_6 now (7 is fine) Message-ID: <6eb82e0710242350n1156e867r59e4492b57e0a708@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6eb82e0710242104m208f43f7u1b83de21ac398d4d@mail.gmail.com> References: <6eb82e0710242104m208f43f7u1b83de21ac398d4d@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/25/07, Rong-en Fan <grafan@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/25/07, Rong-en Fan <grafan@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 10/25/07, Alson van der Meulen <alson+ml@alm.flutnet.org> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > My installworld of RELENG_6 from a few hours ago failed with this error > > > (from memory): > > > /lib/libncurses.so.6: undefined symbol: __mb_sb_limit > > > > > > This broke everything that depended on libncurses, plus PAM. I had to > > > force a reboot via DDB and copy /usr/obj/lib/libc/libc.so.6 to /lib > > > using binaries from /rescue to fix it so I could run make installworld > > > again. > > > > I will take a look. before that do not upgrade your system. > > I did some tests, it turns out that only RELENG_6 is affected. To be > more specific, as ncurses lib is installed before libc. It gets broken. > For 7 and above, it is fine because we install libc right after csu and > before everything. > > One way to solve this is we install libc as early as possible, but I > think it may be too risky at release cycle, so I would like to back > out this change and add an UPDATING entry. Then check whether > we can change the installation order of libc later. > > If you cvsup after 'Oct 24 14:32:33 2007 UTC', please do not > upgrade until I send out all clear message. > > If you already broken your world, use this way in *single user*, > > /rescue/chflags noschg /lib/libc.so.6 > /rescue/cp /usr/obj/usr/src/lib/libc/libc.so.6 /lib/ > > then you need reboot, after that continue installworld (this is what I > just did). > > Sorry for all the trouble. An entry in UPDATING is added and I'm working on a proper fix. Regards, Rong-En Fan
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