Can't you recompile an old version of glibc if you boot from the liveCD? you might even have to recompile some of the basic stuff like util-linux, etc, but at least it's better than wiping the puter clean...
BTW, i'm running a p4 1.3Ghz and everything is just fine after the update to -r9 Brendan On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 05:21, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jens Mayer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 6:36 AM > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Critical warning: Do not update GLIBC! > > > | * On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 20:38:53 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote: > | > | > It seems odd that a few people are having problems with the 232r9 glibc. > I > | > just rolled it out on three machines, 1 amdXP, 1 amdMobile an old k6-2 > and a > | > k6-3 systems and no errors. All running 2.6.1 kernels, NPTL and the > latest > | > gcc... > | > | After the DEPEND/DEPEND problem[1] with glibc-2.3.2r9 and NPTL I emerged > | gcc-3.3.2-r5, trying to solve that problem (which it didn't). > | > | Now I see NPTL support has been removed from glibc-2.3.2r9, solving > | the DEPEND/DEPEND problem. > | > | My question is this: Will upgrading a "NPTLed glibc" to a "non NPTLed > | glibc" cause known problems (i. e. with applications that have been > | compiled with the "NPTLed glibc")? Are there any more users who broke > | their system upgrading this way? Is there someone who can tell us a > | bit more about it? > > I had the nptl use flag enabled from the installation days but disabled it > yesterday just before I updated glibc since portage was giving depend > mismatch errors. Then I updated glibc which is the reason I have to > reinstall the entire OS now. Whether the toggling of the use flag is the > cause or not I'm not sure but logistically it could be. > > | Reading the reports from Eric and Dhruba at bugzilla[2] and on this > | mailinglist, I'm a bit scared of upgrading to glibc-2.3.2-r9 using > | a system set up as mine. > | > | I'd be very happy for some clarifications. ;) > | > | Thank you for your warnings in here, Dhruba! I wouldn't have > | recognized that issue and probably ran into the same problems. > > My pleasure. I can't quite believe that I've lost the entire system to a > routine package update on the stable tree. As soon as I realised I mailed > the list. Strangely, AMD systems seem to be unaffected judging from other > messages on this thread. > > Anyway, I'm stuck on XP until I can find the time to reinstall. Life sucks. > > Dhruba. > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Brendan Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
