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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!swsbe6.switch.ch!surfnet.nl!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeeder.servtech.com!murphy2.servtech.com!news From: Shawn Carey <smc@servtech.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: libc.so.3.0 ????? Where the hell can i get this library? Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 09:57:43 -0400 Organization: ServiceTech, Inc. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <323AB9D7.41C67EA6@servtech.com> References: <3239C61B.7C84@oliverdesign.com> <3239AE71.2709@www.play-hookey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: boulder.syr.servtech.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) Ken Bigelow wrote: > > User wrote: > > > > Yikes! > > > > I installed qpop and it refuses to work without the shared library > > libc.so.3.0 the problem is that I don't know where to get the > > update. Can someone help me out? > > > > [...] > > Repeat # 85451568657 of this question. the qpop package is from the > -current distribution, while you are still running either 2.1.0 or 2.1.5 > release, with libc.so.2.2 . What you need to do is create a symlink > pointing libc.so.3.0 to your existing libc.so.2.2 . Also remember to > uncomment the pop3 line at the bottom of /etc/inetd.conf to enable the > pop server. That's all I did and it works fine. > -- > Is this really OK to do? I thought it was safe to "symlink-upgrade" for minor number changes, but potentially disastrous for major number changes. -Shawn