Re: [gentoo-user] glibc 2.12.1-r1 seems to not be working correctly

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

Apparently, though unproven, at 20:57 on Sunday 22 August 2010, 
covici@ccs.covici.com did opine thusly:

> > There is a way to downgrade for the brave.
> >
> > 
> >
> > quickpkg glibc
> > move the 2.11.? version ebuild you want to your local overlay.
> > Edit it and find the check that disallows downgrades. Comment it out.
> > Mask glibc2.12
> > update glibc
> >
> > 
> >
> > At this point it's probably very wise to rebuild at least system, then
> > revdep- rebuild. Note that rebuilding system might fail in which case
> > you are really up the creek.
> >
> > 
> >
> > Feel free to rip to pieces the dev that committed this version. It could
> > not  possibly have undergone decent testing
> 
> I have another idea -- what would I have to restore from backup to
> completely cancel the entire update process I have done since yesterday
> -- and then I could mask off the bad glibc and be back to something at
> least somewhat consistent?


I too have another idea - look at emerge.log and tell us what you emerged 
since yesterday. Then restore those packages.


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