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From: alexis@panix.uucp (Alexis Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: 2.0.1 update error
Message-ID: <1991Apr24.053159.27641@panix.uucp>
Date: 24 Apr 91 05:31:59 GMT
References: <1991Apr19.191312.3785@athena.mit.edu>
Organization: PANIX - Public Access Unix Systems of NY
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sorensen@athena.mit.edu (Alma G. Sorensen) writes:
>Howdy. Downloaded the 2.0.1 inc.cpio. Checksummed fine.
>Got to single user mode as instructed. Catted the update
>per the README. Got the following error message:
>
>cannot unlink current <shlib/libc1_s> (errno:26)
>Cannot create <shlib/libc1_s> (errno:26)
>33586 blocks
>
>Errno 26 is something about a text file in use, I think, and
>I'm doing this as root and the file is writeable...what could be up?

This is really obnoxious. I think this is a shared library which is used
by some active program. I had similar though different problems with this
same file.

Move it somewhere else, like /tmp, and try again.

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Alexis Rosen
Owner/Sysadmin, PANIX Public Access Unix, NY
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