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Re: arla 0.20: getcwd & XFS panics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (assar@stacken.kth.se)
Fri Dec 25 19:15:54 1998
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To: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery@kf8nh.apk.net>
Cc: Max <maxk@chinook.stanford.edu>, arla-drinkers@stacken.kth.se
Subject: Re: arla 0.20: getcwd & XFS panics
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Date: 26 Dec 1998 01:12:39 +0100
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"Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery@kf8nh.apk.net> writes:
> In message <5ld857eria.fsf@assaris.sics.se>, assar@stacken.kth.se writes:
> +-----
> | If you already have a getcwd.so entry in /etc/ld.so.preload and
> | decide to update to the new version of getcwd.so, please follow
> | these steps:
> |
> | 1. Rename /etc/ld.so.preload to /etc/ld.so.preload-not
> | 2. Reboot your machine
> | 3. Copy /usr/arla/lib/getcwd.so to /lib/getcwd.so
> | 4. Reboot your machine
> | 5. Rename /etc/ld.so.preload-not to /etc/ld.so.preload
> | 6. Reboot your machine
> +--->8
That description was extreme in its paranoia. :-)
> This can be done in fewer steps quite safely:
>
> 1. Rename /lib/getcwd.so to /lib/getcwd.so.old
What happens if /etc/ld.so.preload references a non-existant file?
Does it handle that? Otherwise, my suggestion was:
1. mv /etc/ld.so.preload /etc/ld.so.preload.foo
2. mv /lib/getcwd.so /lib/getcwd.so.old
3. cp getcwd.so /lib/getcwd.so
4. mv /etc/ld.so.preload.foo /etc/ld.so.preload
/assar
