insight/179 (was Re: libiberty? (fwd))

[Keith Seitz <keiths at redhat dot com>]

The following reply was made to PR insight/179; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
To: aj@suse.de
Cc: rnee@erols.com, <insight-gnats@sources.redhat.com>
Subject: insight/179 (was Re: libiberty? (fwd))
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 09:03:33 -0700 (PDT)

 Okay, I'm getting everyone on the list now!
 
 Robert, please see advice below wrt (re-)installing glibc-devel.
 
 Keith
 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 17:58:06 +0200
 From: Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
 To: Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
 Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
 Subject: Re: libiberty? (fwd)
 
 
 Hi keith,
 
 feel free to CC me on the PR instead of playing mediator.
 
 Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com> writes:
 
 > Hi,
 >
 > The user insists that he hasn't modified glibc in any way. Is it possible 
 > that the appropriate headers weren't installed on his system? (Did he 
 > forget to install some sort of package/RPM/.deb/whatever?)
 
 The headers are part of glibc-devel.  And the error show that some
 files are missing.  I propose to reinstall glibc-devel.
 
 >
 > Keith
 > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 > Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 11:43:14 -0400
 > From: Robert Nee <rnee@erols.com>
 > To: Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>, insight-gnats@sources.redhat.com
 > Cc: J D.  Nee <rnee@erols.com>
 > Subject: Re: libiberty? (fwd)
 >
 > Sirs:
 >
 > I am not a software developer. I only recently installed SUSE 8.0 (i
 > registered my support key) on a new i686 computer as a NEW install. I
 > partioned the drive so Linux could be co-resident with Windows XP.  I am not
 > using my "own"  glibc headers and did not modify the existing glibc headers.
 > Are they under /usr/include/glib-1-2 ? There are only 2 files there. I don't
 > really know where the glibc headers are supposed to be.
 > Should I just reinstall everything over?  I 'm afraid to try to uninstall
 > glibc from the "base" package as YAST may not work and I may not be able to
 > re-install it. Any suggestions?
 > Thanks,
 > Bob Nee
 >
 >
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
 > To: <insight-gnats@sources.redhat.com>
 > Cc: <rnee@erols.com>
 > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 11:07 AM
 > Subject: Re: libiberty? (fwd)
 >
 >
 >> Hmm... Are you using a modified glibc?
 >>
 >> Keith
 >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 >> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:51:41 +0200
 >> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
 >> To: Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
 >> Cc: Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>, gdb@sources.redhat.com
 >> Subject: Re: libiberty?
 >>
 >> Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com> writes:
 >>
 >> |> On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
 >> |>
 >> |> > Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com> writes:
 >> |> >
 >> |> > > I just got a PR concerning a libiberty build failure on SuSE8.0...
 >> |> >
 >> |> > Which PR?  Can I access the database somewhere?  I'll have a look.
 >> |>
 >> |> insight/179
 >> |>
 >> |> I appreciate any help you might be able to offer this user.
 >>
 >> It's a pilot error.  The reporter is using his own, probably modified,
 >> glibc headers.  There is nothing SuSE can do about.
 >>
 >> Andreas.
 >>
 >> --
 >> Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de
 >> SuSE Linux AG, Deutschherrnstr. 15-19, D-90429 Nürnberg
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 >> "And now for something completely different."
 >>
 >
 >
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