glibc demaged

[Robin M.]

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Devel (Alberto) wrote:

> >Hi all.
> >
> >I have a big problem.
> >
> >Durning installation of mjpegtools on RH7.3 on our production server, I
> >was assked to upgrade glibc. I downloaded rpm's and I forced installation
> >by "--nodeps" directive. After this some programs won't work correctly,
> >than I tryied to uninstall newer packages but was impossible (see below
> >for error). I'm not expert, i tryed all methods (ex. yum) but still I have
> >a problems with compilationss of any programs. I'desperated because this
> >is production machine... Please help me !!!!!!!!!
> >It's possible to repair without reinstall all system ?
> >
You can copy the glibc libraries from another RH7.3 box, and then boot
your box with a rescue disk, such as "toms rootboot", mount your hard
drive and then restore the libraries to the original RH7.3 rpm. After this
it will boot without a problem.