[plug]

[Craig Foster]

Use mc to open the rpm, traverse the contents.cpio, and copy just the
lib(s) out. Then run ldconfig.
For use only in a pinch, as it's not "The Right Way(tm)"...

Regards,

Craig Foster

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Dunne [mailto:robd at anville.wa.cmis.CSIRO.AU]
> Sent: Monday, 5 November 2001 12:45 AM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: [plug]
>
>
> Hi list,
>    I have an old binary (ELF format)
> then needs
> ld-linux.so.1, libm.so.5, and libc.so.5
>
> These two rpms seem to fit the bill -- however, one of them will
> over-write /sbin/ldconfig -- which doesnt sound like a good
> idea. HOw
> can I safely install these older libraries?
>
>
> [lycra]# rpm -qlp libc-5.4.44-1glibc.i386.rpm |grep libc.s
> /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5.4.44
> [lycra]# rpm -qlp ld.so-1.9.11-4mdk.i386.rpm
> /lib/ld-linux.so.1
> /lib/ld-linux.so.1.9.11
> /sbin/ldconfig
> /usr/share/doc/ld.so-1.9.11
> /usr/share/doc/ld.so-1.9.11/README
> /usr/share/doc/ld.so-1.9.11/copyright
> /usr/share/man/man8/ldconfig.8.bz2
>
> 					bye
> 						rob
>
> --
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>
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