libc.so hosed - how to fix? WAS Re: Truss refuses to build?

This is an email sent to alpha_at_, but I thought I'd post it 
here.  Alpha-based systems running -current were (are?) having a problem 
building world and failing at the point of building truss.

===> usr.bin/truss
   cp /usr/src/usr.bin/truss/../../sys/kern/syscalls.master syscalls.master
   /bin/sh /usr/src/usr.bin/truss/../../sys/kern/makesyscalls.sh 
syscalls.master /usr/src/usr.bin/truss/i386.conf
   awk: floating point exception 8
    input record number 325, file
    source line number 87
   *** Error code 2

   Stop in /usr/src/usr.bin/truss.
   *** Error code 1

The suggested fix was to make and install libc and awk, then perform a 
buildworld.


At 11:36 PM 19/04/03, Rob B sent this up the stick:
>At 11:28 PM 19/04/03, Philip Paeps sent this up the stick:
>>I only rebuilt libc and awk, if I recall correctly.  Don't forget to install
>>them as well :-)
>
>I did, and the subsequent buildworld still bombed at the same point
>
>I'm redoing it again from a clean /usr/obj

Bugger...... my system has hosed libc.so.5 (actually, libc.so.anything 
isn't anywhere to be found), so now it seems like it can't do 
_anything_.  Could anyone offer advice on where to from here?

cheers,
Rob


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