Hi, I'm still having problems with emerge wanting to downgrade glibc from 2.3.2-r1 to 2.3.1-r4. It doesn't matter if I do emerge -u system or emerge -U system, it still tries to downgrade before doing something else:
embryo portage # emerge -up system These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating system dependencies ...done! [ebuild UD] sys-libs/glibc-2.3.1-r4 [2.3.2-r1] [ebuild N ] sys-apps/selinux-small-2003040709-r3 [ebuild U ] sys-apps/psmisc-21.2-r3 [21.2-r2] [ebuild U ] sys-apps/util-linux-2.11z-r6 [2.11z-r4] [ebuild U ] sys-devel/automake-1.7.5-r2 [1.7.2] [ebuild N ] sys-devel/gnuconfig-20030708 [ebuild U ] sys-devel/libtool-1.4.3-r1 [1.4.1-r10] embryo portage # emerge -Up system These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating system dependencies ...done! [ebuild UD] sys-libs/glibc-2.3.1-r4 [2.3.2-r1] [ebuild N ] sys-apps/selinux-small-2003040709-r3 [ebuild U ] sys-apps/psmisc-21.2-r3 [21.2-r2] [ebuild U ] sys-apps/util-linux-2.11z-r6 [2.11z-r4] [ebuild U ] sys-devel/automake-1.7.5-r2 [1.7.2] [ebuild N ] sys-devel/gnuconfig-20030708 [ebuild U ] sys-devel/libtool-1.4.3-r1 [1.4.1-r10] Trying to upgrade a single package, like psmisc also tries to downgrade glibc first: embryo portage # emerge psmisc Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 3) sys-libs/glibc-2.3.1-r4 to / Killed I'm stumped. I don't even know where to start looking for the problem. I've searched through the forum for an explanation and a solution, but I haven't found a post regarding the same problem. If anyone could give me a hint on at least where to start looking, I'd be very thankful. Henrik. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
