Server screwed up (/lib/libc.so.7: Undefined symbol "_nsdispatch")

[Victor Starenky]

That's "restoring from backup" that's non-trivial :PI'd take on the
challenge of trying to restore just some pieces if you just point me into
the direction of what exactly needs to be done. I'm not asking step-by-steps
but rather something along the lines "recompile kernel - here's the link on
how to start". I don't want to abuse your help, you've already been very
helpful!

Thing is - I was in the process of building a new server to replace this guy
but one not-so-happy day it didn't boot after unsuccesful update (that's
Suse for a change). Meanwhile I wanted to keep mail and stuff running until
I finish with that one.
Now rebuilding this old machine would take weeks of just CPU time alone. I
remember very well the process of putting everything up there in the first
place.

Thanks again,
Victor

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:53 AM, Sagara Wijetunga <sagara at tomahawk.com.sg>wrote:

> Victor Starenky writes:
>
> Sorry for the lame question. But how exactly would I go about recompiling
> the base?Could you point me to any articles/manuals about it? I'm just
> trying to understand which steps exactly need to be done and how to do it.
> Compiling everything would take me a few weeks on this machine :(
>
> Oops, I just explain is a brain surgery :)
>
> Are you sure that you cannot let go your server, erase everything,
> reinstall and restore from a backup? That's the easiest.
>
> Regards
> Sagara
>
>