From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F0BA01382C5 for ; Sat, 3 Feb 2018 23:31:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 98407E0D3E; Sat, 3 Feb 2018 23:31:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from icp-osb-irony-out6.external.iinet.net.au (icp-osb-irony-out6.external.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.106]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88F8EE09BF for ; Sat, 3 Feb 2018 23:31:31 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2DsAgDSRXZa/zVjqHxcGwEBAQEDAQEBC?= =?us-ascii?q?QEBAYNRaW2EDZpRmWAKhTsCgjhYFAEBAQEBAQEBAmsohSQBBSMPAVYLDQsCAiY?= =?us-ascii?q?CAlcTCAEBijC9GIInIQKEXYNwggYygQ+DW4NsghGDBYRegRCCS4JlBZNZkEyVc?= =?us-ascii?q?Yw3F4dpl3aBOgI2IoFQTR8ZgwSCVByCEzSMZAEBAQ?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2DsAgDSRXZa/zVjqHxcGwEBAQEDAQEBCQEBAYNRaW2EDZp?= =?us-ascii?q?RmWAKhTsCgjhYFAEBAQEBAQEBAmsohSQBBSMPAVYLDQsCAiYCAlcTCAEBijC9G?= =?us-ascii?q?IInIQKEXYNwggYygQ+DW4NsghGDBYRegRCCS4JlBZNZkEyVcYw3F4dpl3aBOgI?= =?us-ascii?q?2IoFQTR8ZgwSCVByCEzSMZAEBAQ?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.46,457,1511798400"; d="scan'208";a="37612813" Received: from unknown (HELO mail.vm.localdomain) ([124.168.99.53]) by icp-osb-irony-out6.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 04 Feb 2018 07:31:26 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.vm.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A2EC73459 for ; Sun, 4 Feb 2018 07:31:25 +0800 (AWST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from mail.vm.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.vm.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id iMc-9z45lM4Y for ; Sun, 4 Feb 2018 07:31:15 +0800 (AWST) Received: from [192.168.44.7] (rattus.lan.localdomain [192.168.44.7]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: wdk) by mail.vm.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C368F73445 for ; Sun, 4 Feb 2018 07:21:52 +0800 (AWST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Heads Up - glibc-2.27 breaks my system To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <3KMHQSSJ.5OF2LM5M.6F23E2P7@7X75SCQB.6UAZSSP5.KSKAEDEJ> <1683273.yOecnO1sV8@thetick> From: Bill Kenworthy Message-ID: <13505bb7-59fb-9c04-49ed-330dec53fbd5@iinet.net.au> Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 07:21:13 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.5.2 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-AU Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 8cd52550-6969-43a3-96bb-54c371abc076 X-Archives-Hash: 20cc559e62d716b77d0484f2a779b01f On 04/02/18 01:34, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 02/03/2018 04:11:33 PM, Marc Joliet wrote: >> Am Samstag, 3. Februar 2018, 10:50:53 CET schrieb Helmut Jarausch: >> > On 02/03/2018 06:54:06 AM, Dale wrote: >> > > While on this topic, I have a question about glibc.  I have it set in >> > > make.conf to save the binary packages.  Generally I use it when I >> need >> > > to go back shortly after a upgrade, usually Firefox or something. >> > > However, this package is different since going back a version isn't a >> > > good idea.  My question tho, what if one does go back a version using >> > > those saved binary packages?  Has anyone ever did it and it work or >> > > did 1. do another backup 2. take your last good binary package and unpack it in the root directory - it is an "image" of that package as it sits in the file system. 3. rebuild that version of glibc by overiding emerge - comment out "die "aborting to save your system" in /usr/portage/eclass/toolchain-glibc.eclass I have done this a couple of times with gcc (when manual deletes have gone rogue) but it should work with glibc as you have not recompiled any new packages. BillK