I've run into a *few* issues like this.
If you can get a static linked bash binary, you can use it to login to so you
can recompile a new readline and a new shell.
If you've got network access (doubtful - you're in single-user mode but it's
possible), you may be able to use lynx to get source if you don't have it
already.
Or, you can try to get the package to install under tcsh.
Hopefully one of these works.
Glen
On Monday 08 October 2001 05:23, you wrote:
> I've got a Debian 2.2 system down...
> After attempting to install the libreadline4 and libreadline4-dev packages
> (which partially failed), I now repeatedly receive the following error
> message:
> /bin/bash: error while loading shared libraries: /bin/bash: undefined
> symbol: history_max_entries
> This problem disables my ability to enter any other init level other than
> single-user mode. For example: init 3 results in:
> /bin/bash: error while loading shared libraries: /bin/bash: undefined
> symbol: history_max_entries
> At boot, using any shell, I receive the same error just before the console
> login appears. I've tried forcibly removing the packages, but the error
> persists.
> As it is I had to run an init=/bin/tcsh at lilo in order to even get into
> single-user mode. I am unable to login using bash or sh. Ldconfig -v comes
> back OK.
> I could only find this one reference:
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22undefined+symbol%22+%22history_max_ent
>r
> ies%22&hl=en&rnum=2&selm=Pine.LNX.4.21.0104101431150.370-100000%40rock.deze
>v ensprong.local
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have any backups of this particular system. Has
> anyone seen this before?
> Matt
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