On Dienstag 17 November 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Yes, I have read this in
> /var/portage/sys-libs/glibc/files/eblits/pkg_setup.eblit
> and I understand the risks.
>
> if has_version '>'${CATEGORY}/${PF} ; then
> eerror "Sanity check to keep you from breaking your system:"
> eerror " Downgrading glibc is not supported and a sure way to
> destruction" die "aborting to save your system"
> fi
>
> I want to do it anyway.
>
> A multitude of apps that used to run just fine now give "free(): invalid
> pointer" errors since I upgraded to glibc-2.11
>
> A simple downgrade doesn't work - too many apps will not start including
> bash. Has anyone done this or knows of a howto? I'm happy to rebuild a few
> critical apps statically if that's what it takes. I'm not happy chasing
> down half the system to do it :-)
>
try setting
MALLOC_CHECK
to 0
