[gentoo-user] Downgrade glibc-2.11 to 2.10

2009-11-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
Yes, I have read this in /var/portage/sys-libs/glibc/files/eblits/pkg_setup.eblit and I understand the risks. if has_version ''${CATEGORY}/${PF} ; then eerror Sanity check to keep you from breaking your system: eerror Downgrading glibc is not supported and a sure way to destruction die

Re: [gentoo-user] Downgrade glibc-2.11 to 2.10

2009-11-17 Thread daid kahl
if has_version ''${CATEGORY}/${PF} ; then  eerror Sanity check to keep you from breaking your system:  eerror Downgrading glibc is not supported and a sure way to destruction  die aborting to save your system fi I want to do it anyway. I had a circumstance where I also had to downgrade

Re: [gentoo-user] Downgrade glibc-2.11 to 2.10

2009-11-17 Thread Nagatoro
On Tuesday 17 November 2009 17.06.45 Alan McKinnon wrote: Yes, I have read this in /var/portage/sys-libs/glibc/files/eblits/pkg_setup.eblit and I understand the risks. if has_version ''${CATEGORY}/${PF} ; then eerror Sanity check to keep you from breaking your system: eerror

Re: [gentoo-user] Downgrade glibc-2.11 to 2.10

2009-11-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 17 November 2009 18:57:21 daid kahl wrote: if has_version ''${CATEGORY}/${PF} ; then eerror Sanity check to keep you from breaking your system: eerror Downgrading glibc is not supported and a sure way to destruction die aborting to save your system fi I want to do it

Re: [gentoo-user] Downgrade glibc-2.11 to 2.10

2009-11-17 Thread daid kahl
So this is one of those times where why words come back to haunt me?? :-) What I think I shall do first, is downgrade binutils to 1.19.x and rebuild a few apps I've noticed that are affected. I think the odds of success are pretty good. If not, well, a reinstall-rebuild is the certain route

Re: [gentoo-user] Downgrade glibc-2.11 to 2.10

2009-11-17 Thread Mike Edenfield
On 11/17/2009 11:06 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: Yes, I have read this in /var/portage/sys-libs/glibc/files/eblits/pkg_setup.eblit and I understand the risks. if has_version ''${CATEGORY}/${PF} ; then eerror Sanity check to keep you from breaking your system: eerror Downgrading glibc is not

Re: [gentoo-user] Downgrade glibc-2.11 to 2.10

2009-11-17 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Dienstag 17 November 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: Yes, I have read this in /var/portage/sys-libs/glibc/files/eblits/pkg_setup.eblit and I understand the risks. if has_version ''${CATEGORY}/${PF} ; then eerror Sanity check to keep you from breaking your system: eerror Downgrading