[TriLUG] hosed system, HELP!!!!!!!!!

[Elliot Badham Peele]

to upgrade rpm i believe that you are required to compiled it. from rpm3 to
rpm4 you have to because the rpm4 rpm from redhat requires rpm4 to be
installed already.

elliot

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 prhodes at vdsinc.com wrote:

> Ok, guys, I think I just did a very bad thing.  I was installing flexbackup
> on our CVS server at work.  So, as part of that process, I decide
> to install afio and buffer.  No problem... quick trip to SuSE's web site,
> download the rpm's, and off to the races, right?
>
> No.  I try to install afio.rpm, and it informs me that my glibc version
> isn't new enough.  Great.  Force it to install with a --nodeps switch,
> and everything is hunky-dory, right?
>
> No.  Now, when I try to actually execute afio, it tells me ( suprise,
> suprise ) that my glibc version isn't new enough.  Back to the SuSE ftp
> site,
> download the glibc.rpm file, run rpm -U, and now we're cooking with gas,
> right?
>
> No. The glibc rpm seemed to upgrade ok, although there were some messages,
> something about LC_MESSAGE not in path,
> or something like that, that I didn't understand.  BUT... the real problem
> is, rpm doesn't work now.  As soon as I try to
> do anything with rpm, I get this:
>
> rpm: loadlocale.c:221: _nl_load_local: Assertion 'idx % __alignof__
> (u_int32_t) == 0' failed.
>
> Sweet.
>
> So, anyway, afio works now, but no rpm.  I'm assuming that upgrading the
> rpm package would probably fix this.. but,
> how the heck do I upgrade rpm now?
>
> Any and all help is GREATLY appreciated....
>
>
> Phillip Rhodes
> Application Designer
> Voice Data Solutions
> 919-571-4300 x225
> prhodes at vdsinc.com
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