Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Benny Pedersen <me@××××.org>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Glibc Update Breaks Open/LibreOffice -- Can't Downgrade
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:03:53
Message-Id: bb99ca8903543f56ce2b9950d7a83f07@junc.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Glibc Update Breaks Open/LibreOffice -- Can't Downgrade by Frank Peters
1 On Tue, 5 Jul 2011 23:11:28 -0400, Frank Peters wrote:
2
3 > But is there a way to override the emerge refusal to allow
4 > a downgrade to glibc? That is what I need to do.
5
6 copy content of previous glibc ebuild to to name of latest ebuild of
7 glibc, and emerge same version of glibc "as portage" see it so, but it
8 will actuly downgrade screew up your box, warning
9
10 pretend i not have used gentoo / funtoo in the last 10 years :)
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12 btw you could fix more by NOT use precompiled software