resend Re: Install oddity?]

[Andrew Wallace]

> my guess is that you have multiple libcs installed, and thatlpr is
> somehow picking up an old one.
> look around /lib see if there are extra lib'c's.

Seems to be ok:
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[root@discipline /root]# ls -l /lib | grep -i libc
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      5155229 Jan 10 16:09 libc-2.2.so
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           11 Feb 11 21:15 libc.so.6 -> libc-2.2.so
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           17 Feb 11 07:26 libcom_err.so.2 -> libcom_err.so.2.0
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         8514 Oct  4  2000 libcom_err.so.2.0
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        83128 Jan 10 16:08 libcrypt-2.2.so
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           15 Feb 11 21:15 libcrypt.so.1 -> libcrypt-2.2.so
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> 
> never mind. You are probably running an old lpr.  Try 'which lpr'
> and the 'ls -la' the result.  Is it old?  is it where you exect lpr to
> be?
> 
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[root@discipline /root]# which lpr
/usr/bin/lpr
[root@discipline /root]# ls -la /usr/bin/lpr
-rwxr-xr-x    1 lp       lp         444512 Sep 25  2000 /usr/bin/lpr
[root@discipline /root]#                                                                  
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> try rpm -q -f /wghere/your/lpr
> 
> I bet it will say that no package owns it.  The 'correct' lpr is 
> should be in /usr/bin

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[root@discipline /root]# rpm -q -f /usr/bin/lpr
LPRng-3.6.24-2    
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> (The problem is that my libc doesn't have 'stat' in it 
> either. That means that stat is now defined as an inline 
> function, possibly calling __stat or something like that, 
> which libc does export.   My guess is that the lpr you
> are invoking is compiled against a (very old) libc.
> Still, it *should* have been binary compatible.... but ...

Yeah, thanks, but it seems to still be something more 
mysterious. I actually just ordered the RedHat 7.1 package,
maybe when I run the upgrade, it will be fixed. Otherwise,
I'm going to be stuck with a complete re-install. SIgh...

THanks for your help!

andy