fixing a gpg-error.so and gpg-error.so.0 file to short error.

exidux · 2015-05-02 18:18:24

Hello,
i truly do not know where else to post this so i have chosen to post this short solution over here. I had this error today and it caused systemd to hang and pacman to break with a "gpg-error.so" and "gpg-error.so.0 file to short" error. I did not find a solution on this forum but eventually figured it out...

The solution is simple because it relates to broken symlinks ;
Note ; if you have a possible version number difference, make sure its correct.

chroot into the broken system (if systemd hangs like i had, else do it from within your own system) and cd to /usr/lib ;

ln -s ./libgpg-error.so.0.15.0 ./libgpg-error.so
ln -s ./libgpg-error.so.0.15.0 ./libgpg-error.so.0

I hope this is of some use to somebody, anywhere, with the same problem.

Last edited by exidux (2015-05-02 18:19:11)

mrunion · 2015-05-04 17:27:17

Is your system up to date? Have all AUR packages you may have been rebuilt? This is not a solution, only a band-aid. There is a significant chance this "solution" will haunt you later and cause more problems. Find out what really broke and fix the package(s).

jasonwryan · 2015-05-04 18:24:33

exidux wrote:

I hope this is of some use to somebody, anywhere, with the same problem.

Unlikely: symlinking like this only leads to more breakage. Fix the underlying issue, don't try and paper over it.

exidux · 2015-05-09 15:57:32

They are supposed to be symlinks, i double checked with other running arch installs.

So, restoring them allowed me to boot into the system again and use Pacman, which in turn allowed me to re-install GPG and do the same for anything depending on it (to be certain).

WorMzy · 2015-05-09 16:02:49

An easier solution would be to just reinstall libgpg-error from the chroot (with pacstrap or pacman -r).

exidux · 2015-05-10 13:43:50

WorMzy wrote:

An easier solution would be to just reinstall libgpg-error from the chroot (with pacstrap or pacman -r).

Pacman was not functional because of the "file to short error", which was caused by the broken symlinks, I had to fix them trough a chroot to get pacman functional again.

WorMzy · 2015-05-10 13:59:29

I should've said "from outside the chroot". The liveCD's pacman would have been unaffected.

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#1 2015-05-02 18:18:24

fixing a gpg-error.so and gpg-error.so.0 file to short error.

#2 2015-05-04 17:27:17

Re: fixing a gpg-error.so and gpg-error.so.0 file to short error.

#3 2015-05-04 18:24:33

Re: fixing a gpg-error.so and gpg-error.so.0 file to short error.

#4 2015-05-09 15:57:32

Re: fixing a gpg-error.so and gpg-error.so.0 file to short error.

#5 2015-05-09 16:02:49

Re: fixing a gpg-error.so and gpg-error.so.0 file to short error.

#6 2015-05-10 13:43:50

Re: fixing a gpg-error.so and gpg-error.so.0 file to short error.

#7 2015-05-10 13:59:29

Re: fixing a gpg-error.so and gpg-error.so.0 file to short error.

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