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Ok I've seen some threads around this topic, but all are slightly different than my situation.
I upgraded to glibc-2.3.2- and whenever I run rpm in a situation where dependencies are okay (i.e. when it is ready to install), I get a segmentation fault.
Everything else in the system (that I've tried) seems to work... it boots normally, and everything else seems to be running fine.
From what I glean from various postings, I need to upgrade rpm so that it jibes with the version of glibc I have.
I tried to boot via disk, and went into linux single user mode, but when I do rpm, it gives a segfault there, too!
Rescue mode on your first CD provides a working rescue environment including a working version of RPM. Notice that unless you chroot into your mounted system, you can use the rescue mode's rpm together with a proper --root parameter to install/upgrade packages in your mounted system.
Distribution: Mandrake 10.0/Redhat 8.0/Ubuntu 5.04/Windows XP (SP2)
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I too have "Segmentation Fault"....
Dear Friends,
I am also facing the same problem of RPM segmentation fault after upgrading GLIBC. After booting with rescue CD, what I am supposed to do? I mean I have to reinstall the RPM package itself (rpm-xxxxx.rpm) or the software which I try to install in normal mode should be installed in this single user mode? If is second, for every software installation in future I have to do like this?
The former - you only have to update RPM and any dependent packages. The problem arises from an inconsistency between glibc and RPM, so once you get RPM up to date, you're good to go.
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