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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Winex and glibc
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 02:35:07
Message-Id: 200307212235.05600.vapier@gentoo.org
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4 i wouldnt suggest trying to downgrade ... i'm pretty sure it'll leave your box
5 usuable (well it'll leave glibc unusable and thats usually your whole box :D)
6
7 you can (if you dont mind shelling out $5) buy the binary versions from
8 transgaming ... those work with the newest glibc ...
9 - -mike
10
11 On Monday 21 July 2003 22:35, you wrote:
12 > Winex was working but I haven't tried it since the glibc update. I only
13 > run one game under it and haven't had time to try it.
14 >
15 > Anyway to get back to the previous version of glibc - what does that entail
16 > - merge the previous, unmerge 2.3.2? Who knows when they'll update winex.
17 >
18 > > if you're already using glibc-2.3.2 then winex hasnt been working for you
19 > > ... `emerge -C winex` and wait until they release a newer version that
20 > > works with glibc-2.3.2
21 > > -mike
22 > >
23 > > On Monday 21 July 2003 20:18, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
24 > > > Nope, didn't work. If I do an emerge -u --deep system -p it wants to
25 > > > downgrade/upgrade glibc-2.3.1-r4 from 2.3.2-r1. I'm still blocked.
26 > > >
27 > > > I'm running glibc-2.3.2-r1.
28 > > >
29 > > > Any ideas on how to fix this? I'll bug it too.
30 > > >
31 > > > Looks like you were right!
32 > > >
33 > > > > On Tuesday 22 Jul 2003 00:20, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
34 > > > > > I did an emerge -u --deep world -p and am told that winex -cvs and
35 > > > > > glibc-2.3.2-r1 conflict with each other. I get
36 > > > > >
37 > > > > > B app-emulation/winex-cvs (from pkg sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-r1)
38 > > > > > R sys-libs.glibc-2.3.2-r1
39 > > > > >
40 > > > > > I remember some heavy discussion on glibc being upgraded (one says
41 > > > > > it breaks x but another says x works fine, etc.) but from what I
42 > > > > > remember it was decided to do it anyway.
43 > > > > >
44 > > > > > How do I fix this? It appears I'm blocked. I didn't see anything
45 > > > > > on bugzilla that would apply to this.
46 > > > >
47 > > > > Hi Brett,
48 > > > >
49 > > > > I was one making noise about winex not working with glibc-2.3.2. I
50 > > > >
51 > > > > added this line to /etc/portage/package.mask:
52 > > > > >=sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-r1
53 > > > >
54 > > > > before upgrading. This kept glibc-2.3.2-r1 on my box so winex still
55 > > > > works for me.
56 > > > >
57 > > > > Everything OK so far.
58 > > > >
59 > > > > Peter
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Winex and glibc Tony Clark <tclark@×××××.com>