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Old 09-07-2003, 07:15 AM   #1
pandachina
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Unhappy upgrade glibc destroy my box


hi all:
i have a rhl 9.0 box .today i try to upgrade glibc2.3.2-11.9 to
glibc-2.3.2-27.9 so i type the commond as follow
#rpm -Fvh glibc-common-2.3.2-27.9.i386.rpm glibc-2.3.2-27.9.i386.rpm
prepaing ============================100%
1 glibc-common=========================50%
2 glibc================================100%
error %(post) ...... (i forgot it ) ,exit status 121.
then i found many softwares not work with a error "Segment fault" .so i reboot it but when it loaded
INIT enter level 5
Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes"
....
Id "5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes"
messages and the system hangs

i boot in rescue mode.then want to reinstall glibc
with
#rpm -Uvh --oldpackage glibc-common-2.3.2-11.9.i386.rpm glibc-2.3.2-11.9.i386.rpm --root=/mnt/sysimage
preparing ================================100%
1 glibc-common=============================100%
2 glibc====================================100%
rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Basenames:No such file or directory
rpmdb:/var/lib/rpm/Basenames:cannot sync:no such file or
directory
error:db4 error(1) from dbenv->close No such file or directory

i have search this problem in forum.
but i cant fix it .
so how can i fix it
it made me mad

thank you in advance
 
Old 09-07-2003, 08:08 AM   #2
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