Running any binary from util-linux returns "relocation error: <binary name>: symbol blkid_evaluate_spec, version BLKID_2.20 not defined in file libblkid.so.1 with link time reference"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When running any command like mount or fsck, it fails with the following error messages:
fsck: /lib64/libblkid.so.1: no version information available (required by fsck)
fsck: relocation error: fsck: symbol blkid_evaluate_spec, version BLKID_2.20 not defined in file libblkid.so.1 with link time reference

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6

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