From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NARN0-0002hI-BJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:57:34 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A54ACE0979; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:57:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-px0-f171.google.com (mail-px0-f171.google.com [209.85.216.171]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78AA2E0979 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:57:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi1 with SMTP id 1so107955pxi.32 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:57:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=SkHAcIBsETCtMnVNODEv/ccFwFtK0wCeOc/e0qJL+vw=; b=spiGHmh8t/666qpQYvlQyZClUIK8gY+0RqBCmdkyJINS3/6RGewwWckyoJNRFmDtpo J46H/7jPzluwbO4wOx0oHtCDu5sAeydBB2Ug/J0YOfhpyVBRquHO3jUvW1DlcwANYs9S yrwJWf+ge/JDVPUURTR0C1ZCy9IEgWgwo6/bI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=QNJa8rd6WzQhXeXR86Rur9XoX1r8gfVrN9N1f7Km9bTq5BXMKTpT8al0ZzcdXc9MfG p1QxCCDRq+EImNVzub0uDCmbo6dkFU7M//s4nD3XU9TOj8QqBOMnEqKRf1DKl45iIi/p IFyqtzYJ+uaCWdFZYxk1p3l4CzIEIhKNeCKnA= 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 Received: by 10.142.249.25 with SMTP id w25mr1033254wfh.271.1258477041041; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:57:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200911171806.45373.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <200911171806.45373.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:57:21 +0900 Message-ID: <3ac129340911170857k3fdc54e3n19315ad0e1d7fd99@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Downgrade glibc-2.11 to 2.10 From: daid kahl To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: c2fecb20-7849-40b7-925e-a0c42ccb7774 X-Archives-Hash: 5954e3f777c9cf03f0d59b1a476e8259 > if has_version '>'${CATEGORY}/${PF} ; then > =A0eerror "Sanity check to keep you from breaking your system:" > =A0eerror " Downgrading glibc is not supported and a sure way to destruct= ion" > =A0die "aborting to save your system" > fi > > I want to do it anyway. I had a circumstance where I also had to downgrade glibc. It was a giant pain in the ass. The advice you gave me in July for the same question (from me that time): > 1. Backup all user data, configs and critical files > 2. Download a recent stage that suits your needs > 3. Rebuild world plus add all the extra packages you use I followed your advice and it worked very well. From my experience, you're only going to do the same thing if you actually try to downgrade, and it's going to be much harder and take much longer. What better advice to follow than your own!! Regards, daid