On Wed, 2 Dec 1998 drochner@zel459.zel.kfa-juelich.de wrote:
> 
> dokas@cs.umn.edu said:
> > /usr/libexec/ld.so: Undefined symbol "___sys_nerr14" in as:/usr/lib/
> > libbfd.so.2.0 
> 
> I just had the same problem, but could recover from
> backup.
> The problem was that libc.so.12.26 wasn't where it belongs,
> so library and headers were inconsistent.
> I didn't find a reason in the code/Makefiles, and I can't
> reproduce it anymore, so it might be due to my almost full
> NFS server filesystem...
> 
> I've put fresh libc.so.12.26 and libc.a for ftp to
> zelof1.zel.kfa-juelich.de:/pub/NetBSD
> 
> best regards
> Matthias

Thanks for the offer, but the problem was more involved than that.
Apparently, /usr/bin/as was attempting to use an older libc, even
though a more recent version was available:

caligula# ldd /usr/bin/as
/usr/bin/as:
        -lbfd.2 => /usr/lib/libbfd.so.2.0 (0x40041000)
        -lc.12 => /usr/lib/libc.so.12.33 (0x4008b000)

caligula# ls -la libc.so*
-r--r--r--  1 bin   bin    423664 Apr  5  1998 libc.so.12.20
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  424047 May 21  1998 libc.so.12.26
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  428415 Jul 21 16:35 libc.so.12.29
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  432616 Aug 28 16:35 libc.so.12.30
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  432700 Sep  8 18:56 libc.so.12.31
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  433174 Sep 28 10:41 libc.so.12.32
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  453654 Nov 23 20:00 libc.so.12.33
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  453793 Dec  1 15:34 libc.so.12.34
caligula# ls -la libbfd.so*
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  256243 May 21  1998 libbfd.so.0.0
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  306929 Aug 12 02:51 libbfd.so.0.1
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  306929 Aug 28 16:53 libbfd.so.1.0
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  319385 Dec  1 16:20 libbfd.so.2.0


Notice that libbfd.so.2.0 was built yesterday, but the libc that /usr/bin/as
is attempting to use was built the last time that I moved to -current.


I have tried moving libc.so.12.34 to libc.so.12.33.  It results in a
hung system, requiring a reboot.

And when the machine had come back to life (after lots of fscking),
I find that all is now well:

caligula# ldd /usr/bin/as
/usr/bin/as:
        -lbfd.2 => /usr/lib/libbfd.so.2.0 (0x40041000)
        -lc.12 => /usr/lib/libc.so.12.34 (0x4008b000)


I have *no* idea why it was behaving in this manner.  The best guess
that I have is that /var/run/ld.so.hints was not up to date.  I don't
know.

Anyway, looks like I'm back in business!  Thanks for the help.

Paul
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Paul Dokas                                            dokas@cs.umn.edu
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