From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 23 11:13:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCE1C16A4CE; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:13:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from rocket.alienwebshop.com (rocket.alienwebshop.com [216.120.226.160]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A93743D4C; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:13:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com) Received: from alienwebshop.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rocket.alienwebshop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 8F7DFFDEF; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:13:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from 63.109.229.13 (SquirrelMail authenticated user pete) by webmail.alienwebshop.com with HTTP; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:13:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47778.63.109.229.13.1072206794.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:13:14 -0800 (PST) From: "Peter Leftwich" To: In-Reply-To: <20031223103823.GC34651@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20031223012430.S33599@rocket.alienwebshop.com> <20031223103823.GC34651@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org cc: www@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: missing /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 ... not found X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:13:17 -0000 Matthew Seaman kindly transmitted: > On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 01:32:07AM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote: > > What should a user do if their, uhm, /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 > > file is missing on 4.7-RELEASE? Can said user `touch > > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1` as a decent fix? Or mount their drive > > from another OS and copy over a friend's or a web-hosted > > ld-elf.so.1 file? Or could I, I mean my friend, use some of the > > contents of "src/" on a 4.7-RELEASE CD-R to recreate (via > > compiling) this needed file?? Please help. It could be your > > gift to me. Hello Matthew, Fbsd-Q's and WWW server peoplefolk. > Without ld-elf.so.1 you won't be able to start up any executable > that uses shared libraries... You might find a copy in I noticed! *funnyface* Just joking around. Thanks for the details. > /usr/obj/usr/src/libexec/rtld-elf/ld-elf.so.1 if you've ever built > world on that machine, and there's a statically linked version of > cp(1) in /bin. Otherwise, yes: the live filesystem CD (Disk 2) > will have a copy or you can extract your drive and mount it in > another machine. REQUEST: Could one of the *.freebsd.org webmasters or listserv admins please post the ld-elf.so.1 file from 4.7-RELEASE? It could go up (officially) to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.7-RELEASE/usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 <<>> I only have the first CD-R and do not have time to download the 2nd CD-R's ISO just for the one file... 2:-) > Let this be a lesson to your friend not to be too hair > triggered on the delete key... Best way to learn. Well, maybe not best; but I certainly have learned a TON this way, the rootly way. *smiles* > Cheers, > Matthew > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The > Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 > 1TH UK ASIDE: {It will be neat when one day there's an Internet standard for www.website.com/pgpkey and www.website.com/software/name_here/md5 and www.website.com/hostname_here/sshkey - oh and https://www.website.com/trusted.htm or something like that.} ;) -- Peter Leftwich, President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039, USA http://Www.Video2Video.Com