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To: "Ashwin Chandra" <ashcs@ucla.edu>
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On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:02:50 -0800, Ashwin Chandra <ashcs@ucla.edu> wrote:

> Hey guys,
> if we broke libc, and we cannot do anything at the prompt
> /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libc.so.5" not found..
>
> what is the quick fix for this?

libmap.conf(5), but a real solution is to recompile that file.

Cheers,
Mezz

> also what is the correct way of adding names to system calls in libc so  
> instead of doing a syscall(445), we can actually call it by name  
> like,sys_ash();
>
>
> Ash


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