At 01:33 PM 11/11/2003, you wrote:
Mike Williams wrote:
Hihi,
I am wanting to take an ~x86 box back to x86 (without waiting weeks, or months).
99.99% of things I'm not worried about downgrading. But then there is glibc (and possible binutils and gcc).
At the moment glibc is 2.3.2-r8 with stable at 2.3.2-r1, a minor revision that I don't expect to cause any great trouble. Binutils 2.14.90.0.7-r3 -> 2.14.90.0.6-r6. GCC 3.3.2-r2 -> 3.2.3-r2.
Normally I'm a gung-ho kind of guy, but I can't be doing with install/fixing this box *again* (selinux is too much like hard work).
Should I be worried about downgrading?
You might be able to do this. (Note: Insert standard disclaimer here. Not tested. Don't cry to me if it breaks something) Create the directory '/etc/portage' if it doesn't exist already. Create the file '/etc/portage/package.mask' and add to it:
<sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-r8 <sys-devel/binutils-2.14.90.0.7-r3 <sys-devel/gcc-3.3.2-r2
Hopefully, this will cause portage to ignore earlier versions than you currently have installed if you set ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" and 'emerge -e world'.
Don't forget to try "ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" and 'emerge -ep world' first !!
The "p" I added is for "pretend, but don't really do it yet" to see what it's going to replace.
Ah yes, I forgot to mention that. Also, now that I think about it, it probably wouldn't hurt anything to downgrade binutils. And also, you can do 'emerge -ep world | grep gcc' and 'emerge -ep world | grep glibc' to see what version it will want to compile.
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