Re: [gentoo-dev] Winex and glibc

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

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i wouldnt suggest trying to downgrade ... i'm pretty sure it'll leave your box 
usuable (well it'll leave glibc unusable and thats usually your whole box :D)

you can (if you dont mind shelling out $5) buy the binary versions from 
transgaming ... those work with the newest glibc ...
- -mike

On Monday 21 July 2003 22:35, you wrote:
> Winex was working but I haven't tried it since the glibc update.  I only
> run one game under it and haven't had time to try it.
>
> Anyway to get back to the previous version of glibc - what does that entail
> - merge the previous, unmerge 2.3.2?  Who knows when they'll update winex.
>
> > if you're already using glibc-2.3.2 then winex hasnt been working for you
> > ... `emerge -C winex` and wait until they release a newer version that
> > works with glibc-2.3.2
> > -mike
> >
> > On Monday 21 July 2003 20:18, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> > > Nope, didn't work.  If I do  an emerge -u --deep system -p it wants to
> > > downgrade/upgrade glibc-2.3.1-r4 from 2.3.2-r1.  I'm still blocked.
> > >
> > > I'm running glibc-2.3.2-r1.
> > >
> > > Any ideas on how to fix this?  I'll bug it too.
> > >
> > > Looks like you were right!
> > >
> > > > On Tuesday 22 Jul 2003 00:20, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> > > > > I did an emerge -u --deep world -p and am told that winex -cvs and
> > > > > glibc-2.3.2-r1 conflict with each other.    I get
> > > > >
> > > > > B app-emulation/winex-cvs (from pkg sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-r1)
> > > > > R sys-libs.glibc-2.3.2-r1
> > > > >
> > > > > I remember some heavy discussion on glibc being upgraded (one says
> > > > > it breaks x but another says x works fine, etc.) but from what I
> > > > > remember it was decided to do it anyway.
> > > > >
> > > > > How do I fix this?  It appears I'm blocked.  I didn't see anything
> > > > > on bugzilla that would apply to this.
> > > >
> > > > Hi Brett,
> > > >
> > > > I was one making noise about winex not working with glibc-2.3.2.  I
> > > >
> > > > added this line to /etc/portage/package.mask:
> > > > 	>=sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-r1
> > > >
> > > > before upgrading.  This kept glibc-2.3.2-r1 on my box so winex still
> > > > works for me.
> > > >
> > > > Everything OK so far.
> > > >
> > > > Peter
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