Recent 5.4-p1 upgrade issue (lib/libc.so.5)

From: Jon Passki (cykyc_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/23/05

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To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org

    Hello,

    I performed an unsupported way of installing and am soliciting what
    I could do next time to prevent installation blues. I'm not
    expecting assistance from the Project, just some love :)

    I have a build host that created what I needed for the host being
    upgraded. Once it's more polished, I'll be happy to share my
    steps, but relatively it went well. When I attempted to update
    /lib/libc.so.5, though, I hit a bump.

    I `chflags noschg /lib/libc.so.5` and then used tar to extract the
    exact file. tar was able to unlink the file, and then choked.
    After some unrelated errors, I was in single user mode using
    /rescue to save my rear end, which worked well enough. Doing `ldd
    /sbin/tar` hinted why it probably choked, since tar is dynamically
    linked to /lib/libc.so.5.

    Here's what gets me: I was able to do a the supported upgrade
    process in an unsupported manner (multiuser mode via ssh w/o a
    shutdown inbetween, nor going into signle user mode) w/ no issues
    on the build host. What occurs in that process (make buildworld;
    make buildkernel; make installkernel; mergemaster -p; make
    installworld; mergemaster) where libc can be replaced (assuming it
    uses install(1), which is also linked against libc) without
    failure, but using tar causes it to fail? Ideas?

    TIA,

    Jon

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