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[Andrew <afrayedknot AT thefrayedknot.armory.com>]

you shouldn need a full install from what i read. it looks bad i know.

youve rashed /var/state/packages
and apparently glibc.

to fix /var/state/packages theres a script in the cvs repository (http
accessable) that is able to rebuild the list for you. If glibc is really
gone, and im mean really gone, you shouldnt be able to execute anyprograms
(and thus not even boot), ive had this happen. In times past Ive used
the sorcery iso as a rescue disk. you can shell out once init is loaded
and copy the missing things over manually, or exit the guided menu and
just do the copy sorcery phase. At that point you just need to restore a
backup of the new sorcery, which is basically automatic, and a few choice
files like /var/state/packages. reboot into sorcery, i recast glibc by
hand. I also copy all of /lib (-modules) into /tmp/lib and stick that at
the bottom of /etc/ld.so.conf and rerun ldconfig. That way if everything
goes to hell, and glibc decides to hang itself, then you have a backup
sitting at the bottom of your ld cache. once thats done you can get rid of
the /lib backup and rerun ldconfig, then cast --fix everything else. Then
if anything was installed but sorcery doesnt know about it, then you
have to recast it probably, but thats far less time then a full reinstall.

sorry for the long winded answer but i hope it help.s
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 11:42:03AM +0100, Jose Bernardo Silva wrote:
> First impressions:
> As anyone on irc yesterday knew (I tend to do a step
> by step account when things go bad, sorry guys), the
> update blew up my desktop machine. First, my
> /var/state/sorcery/packages file was cleared, then as
> I had autoprune checked, my install and compile logs.
> I stupidly went ahead, copied packages.backup to
> packages, and did a cast --fix. When the time came to
> compile glibc, all seemed to go ok up till the end,
> when /tmp/sorcery.* started spitting messages like
> lockexec and sleep were missing. What probably
> happened is that glibc got dispelled on the install
> part of the spell, and suddenly everything died. I
> tried getting the /var/cache/sorcery/glibc* from the
> laptop, booting into a rescue cd, but  am unable to
> untar it successfully, as some of the links are
> absolute to /usr, and /var. It seems I'll have to
> reinstall...
> :(
> Well, I knew from the start this is pre-alpha... My
> wife is the one that is going to kill me if I spend
> more time twiddling with the pc... :)
> 
> 
>  --- Nick Jennings <nkj AT namodn.com> wrote: > Hi
> Everyone,
> > 
> >  Sorcery version 0.8.2, which is the 3rd BETA of the
> > up and comming 1.0 
> >  release, is now available.
> > 
> >  This release was not initially planned (0.9.0, RC1
> > was what was supposed
> >  to be released), however, we still do not have our
> > new tree-based 
> >  dependancy sorting in place yet, and it's a very
> > important feature.
> >  So we are holding off on RC1 until we finish up
> > that feature.
> >  
> >  In the meantime, enjoy 0.8.2 and help stomp out the
> > bugs :)
> > 
> >  To upgrade to 0.8.2, you will need to go about it a
> > bit differently:
> > 
> > # scribe update
> > # cast sorcery
> > # /tmp/sorcery-upgrade.sh
> > 
> >    or
> > 
> > # sorcery update
> > # /tmp/sorcery-upgrade.sh
> > 
> >  The major change in the sorcery spell, is the fact
> > that it isn't
> >  a spell at all anymore. From now on, to update the
> > sorcery scripts,
> >  you will use the command 'sorcery update', to
> > update the whole system,
> >  you will now need to use 'sorcery system-update'.
> > 
> >  Release notes can be found here:
> >     
> >
> http://wiki.sourcemage.org/index.php?page=Sorcery+0.8.2+Release+Notes
> > 
> >  The updated RoadMap can be found here:
> >     
> >
> http://wiki.sourcemage.org/index.php?page=Sorcery+1.0+RoadMap
> > 
> > --
> >  Nick Jennings
> >  Sorcery Team Lead
> >  njennings AT sourcemage.org
> > 
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