Upgrade to 7.0; Shared Object Not Found

[Kris Kennaway]

Schiz0 wrote:
> On Jan 8, 2008 7:51 PM, Kris Kennaway <kris at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> Schiz0 wrote:
>>> On Jan 8, 2008 7:33 PM, Kris Kennaway <kris at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>> Schiz0 wrote:
>>>>> Hey,
>>>>>
>>>>> I recently upgraded from 6.3-PRERELEASE to 7.0-PRERELEASE
>>>>>
>>>>> # uname -a
>>>>> FreeBSD Mercury 7.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE #0: Tue Jan  8
>>>>> 15:07:49 EST 2008
>>>>> root at Mercury:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SCHIZ0NET_MERCURY  i38
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, whenever I run any various commands, I get various errors:
>>>>>
>>>>> # vim
>>>>> /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libncurses.so.6" not found,
>>>>> required by "vim"
>>>>> # portupgrade
>>>>> /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libcrypt.so.3" not found,
>>>>> required by "ruby18"
>>>>> # bash
>>>>> /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libncurses.so.6" not found,
>>>>> required by "bash"
>>>>> And so on...
>>>>>
>>>>> It had me locked out at first because my default shell is bash. But I
>>>>> got it working with /bin/csh now.
>>>>>
>>>>> So. Apparently I'm missing some shared objects. Can anyone shed any
>>>>> light on the issue? Or guide me on how to fix it?
>>>> Part of the upgrade that you omitted was to install new 7.0 versions of
>>>> your installed ports.  portupgrade -fa or -faP.
>>>>
>>>> Kris
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The only problem with that is I'm unable to run portupgrade :-\
>>>
>>> # portupgrade -fa
>>> /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libcrypt.so.3" not found,
>>> required by "ruby18"
>>>
>>> So do I have to deinstall and reinstall portupgrade (and the ports
>>> that it depends on)?
>> Well if you just did the upgrade then you should still have the old
>> libraries to use as an interim measure while you rebuild.  How did you
>> go about upgrading, and can you think of anything you did that may have
>> deleted them?
>>
>> Kris
>>
> 
> I think I know exactly what I did..
> 
> Would "make delete-old-libs" cause it?
> 
> 

Yes, exactly so.  You can install the compat6x port to reinstall the old 
libraries.

Kris