>Number:         23729
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       please add a FAQ on the 'Syntax error: "(" unexpected' ld.so issue
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 12 20:51:01 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     John Refling
>Release:        1.6.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
i386, sparc, etc
>Description:
The 'Syntax error: "(" unexpected' error message (typically occuring
when ld.so is missing) is absolutely non-informative to the novice
user.

Could a brief FAQ be created, probably under "Common (and not so common)
problems" which at least mentions this symptom [in its title], and a
brief mention of what might be happening, eg, /usr/libexec/ld.so is
missing, etc.

There was some brief discussion in tech-kern, starting 04/16/2001
under the title "poor error reporting when ls.so is missing".


>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

add a brief FAQ

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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