Updating converters/libiconv and devel/gettext

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KdeBruin

Following the steps outlined in the /usr/ports/UPDATING I first ran the command

$ sudo pkg delete -f devel/gettext

followed by

$ sudo portmaster converters/libiconv devel/gettext

but now I get the following error:

Code: 
Shared object "libintl.so.9" not found, required by "sudo"

I've tried using su to enter a root prompt but I get a similar message stating that bash needs the shared object as well.

So, how can I fix this?
 
This is one of the reasons why you should not change root's shell. Keep root's shell on csh(1).
 
Yeah, I figured that out now :(

But I still need to fix the problem I have. I could try using some rescue image as I guess that booting into single user mode will not work either. But which rescue image supports ZFS (I have Root-on-ZFS) so I can change the default shell of root?
 
Booting to single user mode lets you select the shell for the single user session, type /bin/sh if it doesn't already offer it.
 
That will work if you are root. The problem is that I cannot use su or sudo to become root as root's shell (bash) depends on the missing library.

So far I've figured out two things:

* Use the default shell for root (csh)
* Do not use sudo to perform system updates, use a root prompt instead
 
kpa said:
Booting to single user mode lets you select the shell for the single user session, type /bin/sh if it doesn't already offer it.
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Thanks! I will try this tonight when I have console access to the server.
 
dave said:
Would have been nice if the UPDATING notice warned that the removal of gettext would break sudo.
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That would have been nice but I managed to solve the problems using the following steps:

* Reboot into single user mode and use /bin/sh as shell
* Mount all file systems using zfs mount -a (I'm using Root-on-ZFS with many mount points)
* Change the root file system to readable using zfs set readonly=off /
* Change the login shell of root to /bin/csh
* Start networking support
* Issue the mentioned postmaster command to rebuild converters/libiconv and devel/gettext
* Reboot system
 
dave said:
Would have been nice if the UPDATING notice warned that the removal of gettext would break sudo.
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Removing gettext actually breaks a lot of stuff ;)
 
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