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Old 05-21-2017, 10:13 PM   #1
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thunderbird won't load: XPCOMGlueLoad error


I rebooted my PC today with the newest stable kernel, and thunderbird won't open.
Code:
michael@caitlyn ~ $ thunderbird
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib64/thunderbird-52.1.1/libxul.so:
/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.23' not found (required by /usr/lib64/thunderbird-52.1.1/libxul.so)
Couldn't load XPCOM.
Any hints on how to fix this? Thank you in advance to all who try.
 
Old 05-22-2017, 06:37 AM   #2
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Old 05-22-2017, 07:32 AM   #3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by maschelsea View Post
I rebooted my PC today with the newest stable kernel, and thunderbird won't open.
Code:
michael@caitlyn ~ $ thunderbird
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib64/thunderbird-52.1.1/libxul.so:
/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.23' not found (required by /usr/lib64/thunderbird-52.1.1/libxul.so)
Couldn't load XPCOM.
Any hints on how to fix this? Thank you in advance to all who try.
I think you either:
- are running slackware64-14.2 and have installed on it the mozilla-thunderbird package from current.
- are running current but your system is not fully updated.
 
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Old 05-22-2017, 08:44 AM   #4
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I think you either:
- are running slackware64-14.2 and have installed on it the mozilla-thunderbird package from current.
- are running current but your system is not fully updated.
Yesterday, as I do EVERY Sunday, I ran slackpkg update and slackpkg upgrade-all. They both completed successfully. I suppose next you'll ask if I ran them as root. I did.

Just in case, I ran those two commands again today. Here's the output:
Code:
root@caitlyn:~# slackpkg update

Updating the package lists...
	Downloading...
			Downloading ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/ChangeLog.txt...
--2017-05-22 08:44:54--  ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/ChangeLog.txt
           => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/ChangeLog.txt’
Resolving mirrors.easynews.com... 69.16.168.244
Connecting to mirrors.easynews.com|69.16.168.244|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /linux/slackware/slackware64-current ... done.
==> SIZE ChangeLog.txt ... 110508
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR ChangeLog.txt ... done.
Length: 110508 (108K) (unauthoritative)

ChangeLog.txt             100%[==================================>] 107.92K   446KB/s    in 0.2s    

2017-05-22 08:44:55 (446 KB/s) - ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/ChangeLog.txt’ saved [110508]


		No changes in ChangeLog.txt between your last update and now.
		Do you really want to download all other files (y/N)? y

		List of all files
			Downloading ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/patches/MANIFEST.bz2...
--2017-05-22 08:45:02--  ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/patches/MANIFEST.bz2
           => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/patches-MANIFEST.bz2’
Resolving mirrors.easynews.com... 69.16.168.244
Connecting to mirrors.easynews.com|69.16.168.244|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /linux/slackware/slackware64-current/patches ... done.
==> SIZE MANIFEST.bz2 ... 14
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR MANIFEST.bz2 ... done.
Length: 14 (unauthoritative)

MANIFEST.bz2              100%[==================================>]      14  --.-KB/s    in 0.001s  

2017-05-22 08:45:03 (11.2 KB/s) - ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/patches-MANIFEST.bz2’ saved [14]

			Downloading ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/MANIFEST.bz2...
--2017-05-22 08:45:03--  ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/MANIFEST.bz2
           => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/slackware64-MANIFEST.bz2’
Resolving mirrors.easynews.com... 69.16.168.244
Connecting to mirrors.easynews.com|69.16.168.244|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /linux/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64 ... done.
==> SIZE MANIFEST.bz2 ... 3314910
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR MANIFEST.bz2 ... done.
Length: 3314910 (3.2M) (unauthoritative)

MANIFEST.bz2              100%[==================================>]   3.16M  1.24MB/s    in 2.6s    

2017-05-22 08:45:06 (1.24 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/slackware64-MANIFEST.bz2’ saved [3314910]

			Downloading ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/extra/MANIFEST.bz2...
--2017-05-22 08:45:06--  ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/extra/MANIFEST.bz2
           => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/extra-MANIFEST.bz2’
Resolving mirrors.easynews.com... 69.16.168.244
Connecting to mirrors.easynews.com|69.16.168.244|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /linux/slackware/slackware64-current/extra ... done.
==> SIZE MANIFEST.bz2 ... 111325
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR MANIFEST.bz2 ... done.
Length: 111325 (109K) (unauthoritative)

MANIFEST.bz2              100%[==================================>] 108.72K   446KB/s    in 0.2s    

2017-05-22 08:45:08 (446 KB/s) - ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/extra-MANIFEST.bz2’ saved [111325]

			Downloading ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/pasture/MANIFEST.bz2...
--2017-05-22 08:45:08--  ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/pasture/MANIFEST.bz2
           => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/pasture-MANIFEST.bz2’
Resolving mirrors.easynews.com... 69.16.168.244
Connecting to mirrors.easynews.com|69.16.168.244|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /linux/slackware/slackware64-current/pasture ... done.
==> SIZE MANIFEST.bz2 ... 3524
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR MANIFEST.bz2 ... done.
Length: 3524 (3.4K) (unauthoritative)

MANIFEST.bz2              100%[==================================>]   3.44K  --.-KB/s    in 0s      

2017-05-22 08:45:09 (336 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/pasture-MANIFEST.bz2’ saved [3524]

			Downloading ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/testing/MANIFEST.bz2...
--2017-05-22 08:45:09--  ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/testing/MANIFEST.bz2
           => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/testing-MANIFEST.bz2’
Resolving mirrors.easynews.com... 69.16.168.244
Connecting to mirrors.easynews.com|69.16.168.244|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /linux/slackware/slackware64-current/testing ... done.
==> SIZE MANIFEST.bz2 ... 885
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR MANIFEST.bz2 ... done.
Length: 885 (unauthoritative)

MANIFEST.bz2              100%[==================================>]     885  --.-KB/s    in 0.002s  

2017-05-22 08:45:10 (497 KB/s) - ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/testing-MANIFEST.bz2’ saved [885]

		Checksums
			Downloading ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/CHECKSUMS.md5...
--2017-05-22 08:45:10--  ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/CHECKSUMS.md5
           => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/CHECKSUMS.md5’
Resolving mirrors.easynews.com... 69.16.168.244
Connecting to mirrors.easynews.com|69.16.168.244|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /linux/slackware/slackware64-current ... done.
==> SIZE CHECKSUMS.md5 ... 835841
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR CHECKSUMS.md5 ... done.
Length: 835841 (816K) (unauthoritative)

CHECKSUMS.md5             100%[==================================>] 816.25K   734KB/s    in 1.1s    

2017-05-22 08:45:12 (734 KB/s) - ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/CHECKSUMS.md5’ saved [835841]

			Downloading ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc...
--2017-05-22 08:45:12--  ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc
           => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc’
Resolving mirrors.easynews.com... 69.16.168.244
Connecting to mirrors.easynews.com|69.16.168.244|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /linux/slackware/slackware64-current ... done.
==> SIZE CHECKSUMS.md5.asc ... 163
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR CHECKSUMS.md5.asc ... done.
Length: 163 (unauthoritative)

CHECKSUMS.md5.asc         100%[==================================>]     163  --.-KB/s    in 0s      

2017-05-22 08:45:13 (27.6 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc’ saved [163]

		Package List
			Downloading ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/FILELIST.TXT...
--2017-05-22 08:45:13--  ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/FILELIST.TXT
           => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/FILELIST.TXT’
Resolving mirrors.easynews.com... 69.16.168.244
Connecting to mirrors.easynews.com|69.16.168.244|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /linux/slackware/slackware64-current ... done.
==> SIZE FILELIST.TXT ... 1098551
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR FILELIST.TXT ... done.
Length: 1098551 (1.0M) (unauthoritative)

FILELIST.TXT              100%[==================================>]   1.05M   788KB/s    in 1.4s    

2017-05-22 08:45:15 (788 KB/s) - ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/FILELIST.TXT’ saved [1098551]

		Package descriptions
			Downloading ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/patches/PACKAGES.TXT...
--2017-05-22 08:45:15--  ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/patches/PACKAGES.TXT
           => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/patches-PACKAGES.TXT’
Resolving mirrors.easynews.com... 69.16.168.244
Connecting to mirrors.easynews.com|69.16.168.244|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /linux/slackware/slackware64-current/patches ... done.
==> SIZE PACKAGES.TXT ... 224
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR PACKAGES.TXT ... done.
Length: 224 (unauthoritative)

PACKAGES.TXT              100%[==================================>]     224  --.-KB/s    in 0.01s   

2017-05-22 08:45:16 (15.4 KB/s) - ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/patches-PACKAGES.TXT’ saved [224]

			Downloading ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/PACKAGES.TXT...
--2017-05-22 08:45:16--  ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/PACKAGES.TXT
           => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/slackware64-PACKAGES.TXT’
Resolving mirrors.easynews.com... 69.16.168.244
Connecting to mirrors.easynews.com|69.16.168.244|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /linux/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64 ... done.
==> SIZE PACKAGES.TXT ... 713867
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR PACKAGES.TXT ... done.
Length: 713867 (697K) (unauthoritative)

PACKAGES.TXT              100%[==================================>] 697.14K   689KB/s    in 1.0s    

2017-05-22 08:45:18 (689 KB/s) - ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/slackware64-PACKAGES.TXT’ saved [713867]

			Downloading ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/extra/PACKAGES.TXT...
--2017-05-22 08:45:18--  ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/extra/PACKAGES.TXT
           => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/extra-PACKAGES.TXT’
Resolving mirrors.easynews.com... 69.16.168.244
Connecting to mirrors.easynews.com|69.16.168.244|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /linux/slackware/slackware64-current/extra ... done.
==> SIZE PACKAGES.TXT ... 31700
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR PACKAGES.TXT ... done.
Length: 31700 (31K) (unauthoritative)

PACKAGES.TXT              100%[==================================>]  30.96K  --.-KB/s    in 0.1s    

2017-05-22 08:45:19 (246 KB/s) - ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/extra-PACKAGES.TXT’ saved [31700]

			Downloading ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/pasture/PACKAGES.TXT...
--2017-05-22 08:45:19--  ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/pasture/PACKAGES.TXT
           => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/pasture-PACKAGES.TXT’
Resolving mirrors.easynews.com... 69.16.168.244
Connecting to mirrors.easynews.com|69.16.168.244|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /linux/slackware/slackware64-current/pasture ... done.
==> SIZE PACKAGES.TXT ... 2238
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR PACKAGES.TXT ... done.
Length: 2238 (2.2K) (unauthoritative)

PACKAGES.TXT              100%[==================================>]   2.19K  --.-KB/s    in 0s      

2017-05-22 08:45:20 (392 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/pasture-PACKAGES.TXT’ saved [2238]

			Downloading ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/testing/PACKAGES.TXT...
--2017-05-22 08:45:20--  ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/testing/PACKAGES.TXT
           => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/testing-PACKAGES.TXT’
Resolving mirrors.easynews.com... 69.16.168.244
Connecting to mirrors.easynews.com|69.16.168.244|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /linux/slackware/slackware64-current/testing ... done.
==> SIZE PACKAGES.TXT ... 845
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR PACKAGES.TXT ... done.
Length: 845 (unauthoritative)

PACKAGES.TXT              100%[==================================>]     845  --.-KB/s    in 0s      

2017-05-22 08:45:21 (111 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/testing-PACKAGES.TXT’ saved [845]

	Formatting lists to slackpkg style...
		Package List: using CHECKSUMS.md5 as source
		Package descriptions



root@caitlyn:~# slackpkg upgrade-all

Checking local integrity... DONE
Looking for packages to upgrade. Please wait... DONE

No packages match the pattern for upgrade. Try:

	/usr/sbin/slackpkg install|reinstall 


root@caitlyn:~#

Last edited by maschelsea; 05-22-2017 at 08:46 AM.
 
Old 05-22-2017, 08:54 AM   #5
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I think the problem I'm encountering is extremely obvious, as I said that thunderbird won't start and I listed the command line output I get when I try to start it in the terminal. I am running Slackware 14.2. 64bit. Etc etc. I don't know how to reproduce the problem or even how to reproduce the environment on my system. I updated my system YESTERDAY to whatever passes for stable on Slackware, running slackpkg update && slackpkg upgrade-all AS ROOT. I don't know what else to tell you beyond that I'm probably not thinking clearly, because thunderbird won't open. I'm kind of freaking out here.

Last edited by maschelsea; 05-22-2017 at 08:57 AM.
 
Old 05-22-2017, 09:00 AM   #6
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According to your slackpkg output, you are not running 14.2, but are running -current or at least have a weird mixture of the two. These versions are two vastly different things. 14.2 is the latest stable and -current is the development branch.

It might be beneficial to edit your /etc/slackpkg/mirrors file to comment out the -current mirror and uncomment a 14.2 mirror. Then you can try to run slackpkg reinstall slackware64 to see if it fixes your issues. Depending on what all you have installed/configured, it might be easier to just wipe and reinstall Slackware (although, it is certainly possible to recover from this).
 
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Old 05-22-2017, 09:02 AM   #7
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maschelsea --

I am too slow ... bassmadrigal beat me to it ( again )

You say in the most recent post:
Quote:
I am running Slackware 14.2. 64bit. Etc etc.
But your slackpkg is configured for slackware-current ( note the bold text ):

Code:
root@caitlyn:~# slackpkg update

Updating the package lists...
	Downloading...
			Downloading ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/ChangeLog.txt...
--2017-05-22 08:44:54--  ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware64-current/ChangeLog.txt
           => ‘/tmp/slackpkg.RZoFu2/ChangeLog.txt’
Resolving mirrors.easynews.com... 69.16.168.244
Connecting to mirrors.easynews.com|69.16.168.244|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /linux/slackware/slackware64-current ... done.
==> SIZE ChangeLog.txt ... 110508
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR ChangeLog.txt ... done.
Length: 110508 (108K) (unauthoritative)

<<snip>>
Looks like ponce nailed it.

-- kjh

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Old 05-22-2017, 09:27 AM   #8
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whatever you upgrade/reinstall with slackpkg, be sure to not having something in /etc/slackpkg/blacklist: if you have, for instance, put something in there to avoid updating your multilib packages, be sure to have installed the latest ones corresponding to the slackware version you intend to keep (wheter it will be 14.2 or current).
 
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Old 05-22-2017, 10:43 AM   #9
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I think the problem I'm encountering is extremely obvious
Yes, you are right. But as you see can there is no obvious solution. It means - at least for me - I need to know more about it to go further.
It looks like I'm late now, so it is just a remark.... (but again as you see more info gave better responses)
 
Old 05-22-2017, 11:28 AM   #10
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According to your slackpkg output, you are not running 14.2, but are running -current or at least have a weird mixture of the two. These versions are two vastly different things. 14.2 is the latest stable and -current is the development branch.

It might be beneficial to edit your /etc/slackpkg/mirrors file to comment out the -current mirror and uncomment a 14.2 mirror. Then you can try to run slackpkg reinstall slackware64 to see if it fixes your issues. Depending on what all you have installed/configured, it might be easier to just wipe and reinstall Slackware (although, it is certainly possible to recover from this).
I did the 'slackpkg reinstall slackware64' thing you recommended (after making SURE that the mirror I had uncommented in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors WAS 14.2 Slackware64). The computer spent a couple of hours downloading and installing binaries. At the end the thunderbird error remains unchanged. Do I need to reboot after doing all of this? I'm going to do it anyway.
 
Old 05-22-2017, 11:31 AM   #11
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The reboot didn't improve the situation any that I can see. What's the next step? I believe I am running pure Slackware64 14.2 now...

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Old 05-22-2017, 12:27 PM   #12
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Were you running multilib? What are the contents of your /etc/slackpkg/blacklist?

And it looks like Thunderbird might still be the -current package, because "/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.23' not found" means it is trying to use gcc7 instead of gcc5. Can you run the following and paste the output here?

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slackpkg -dialog=off -batch=on -default_answer=y reinstall mozilla-thunderbird
 
Old 05-22-2017, 12:55 PM   #13
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At the end the thunderbird error remains unchanged.
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The reboot didn't improve the situation any that I can see. What's the next step? I believe I am running pure Slackware64 14.2 now...
post the output of the following commands
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grep -v ^\# /etc/slackpkg/blacklist
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grep -v ^\# /etc/slackpkg/mirrors
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ls -1 /var/log/packages/{gcc,mozilla-thunderbird}*
 
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Old 05-22-2017, 01:33 PM   #14
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Because of the "little dance" that the glibc package has to do in order to upgrade itself on a running system, backing up to the version in 14.2 from the one in -current is not as easy as upgradepkg'ing to the earlier version. You'll need to fix it manually.

I'd recommend dropping a copy of glibc-2.23-x86_64-1.txz from Slackware64 14.2 in / so that it'll be easy to find later.

Then, boot the installer, mount your main partition on /mnt, and do this:

rm /mnt/lib64/*-2.25.so
ROOT=/mnt installpkg /mnt/glibc-2.23-x86_64-1.txz

After a reboot your machine should be working properly again. Hope this helps.
 
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Old 05-22-2017, 02:02 PM   #15
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Were you running multilib? What are the contents of your /etc/slackpkg/blacklist?

And it looks like Thunderbird might still be the -current package, because "/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.23' not found" means it is trying to use gcc7 instead of gcc5. Can you run the following and paste the output here?

Code:
slackpkg -dialog=off -batch=on -default_answer=y reinstall mozilla-thunderbird
Code:
root@caitlyn:~# slackpkg -dialog=off -batch=on -default_answer=y reinstall mozilla-thunderbird

Looking for mozilla-thunderbird in package list. Please wait... DONE

No packages match the pattern for reinstall. Try:

	/usr/sbin/slackpkg install|upgrade 


root@caitlyn:~#
 
  


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