> > This is just to stop others sharing the misfortune that > occurred to me. I > > updated glibc to 2.3.2-r9 on stable x86 tree and it broke > python, portage > > and also most applications. > > > > Do NOT perform this update until bug 38619 [1] has been worked out. > > > > Dhruba. > > > > [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38619 > > Uh oh. Mine just finished a few minutes ago. > Sounds terrible, but so far I seem to be OK. I'm running an older kernel - 2.4.22-r2. I did the upgrade early this morning and have built a number of tools since then. No real problems.
I did have a semi-big problem yesterday with an emerge of perl continually corrupting a specific file and causing an fsck. I was unable to use many apps for a day without perl. That's fixed now. >From that experience I would recommend keeping an older kernel or two around for emergencies. - Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
