Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:56:13 -0400 From: Greg Larkin <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> To: Lars Eighner <lars@larseighner.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Aleksandr Miroslav <alexmiroslav@gmail.com> Subject: Re: pcre library linking issues Message-ID: <4F9043AD.4030504@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204191028280.59367@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <CACcSE1wFR0LHe%2B=Ni%2BWKu0hy-drHvQiuh_=i8k7HaYHq5egcWA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204191028280.59367@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 4/19/12 11:28 AM, Lars Eighner wrote: > On Thu, 19 Apr 2012, Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: > >> I inadvertently updated my PCRE library and in the process broke >> a number of things that depended on the old library. >> > Not the right answer but works: > > Create a symbolic link in the library so libpcre.so.0 points to > libpcre.so.1 > > The old library should have been moved to a compatibility library > so that things that still depended on it could find it. This did > not happen for some reason. Fortunately, it appears that > libpcre.so.1 is (largely) backwards compatible, so much (all?) of > what depended on it will work if fooled by a symbolic link. Some > upgrades will wipe out the link so it may be necessary to recreate > it until things get straightened out. > Another option that works well is the /etc/libmap.conf file: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=libmap.conf Hope that helps, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. http://twitter.com/cpucycle/ - Follow you, follow me -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+QQ60ACgkQ0sRouByUApDj6QCgtKl1kymoGvmKgy/rE1TOCTxg glUAn0/nq+fmmluDLiM3meAjxdgUJsRZ =H3uc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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