On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:48:18 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > And it's very difficult to downgrade it due to that hidden barf check > in the ebuild. I have yet to find a supported, documented way to back > out of glibc screw-ups; my way is to keep binpkgs of @system and use > those. >
The trouble is that binpkgs keep a copy of the ebuild in them, so even if you remove the downgrade check fro the in-tree ebuild, it still fails. That one had me scratching my head for a few minutes. The thing is, a downgrade like that one is not a problem, especially if done soon after the upgrade. The problems arise when you build other packages against the later glibc and then downgrade. We need a more intelligent test and we need a way of circumventing the restriction that doesn't involve editing the ebuild, something like I_KNOW_ITS_DODGY_BUT_IM_DESPERATE=true emerge \<sys-libs/glibc-2.13 -- Neil Bothwick Famed tautologist dies of suicide in distressing tragedy
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