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P.V.Anthony wrote: |
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> Did a emerge --sync and emerge -pv --update --deep world and noticed |
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> that glibc and glib needs to be upgraded. |
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> |
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> The current version of glibc is 2.6.1 and it needs to be upgraded to |
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> version 2.8_p20080602-r1. |
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> As for glib, the version is 2.18.4 and it needs to be upgraded to |
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> version 2.18.4-r1. |
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> Feeling a little worried as these are live servers. |
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> Should these upgrades be done? If these upgrades are done, do all the |
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> applications need to be recompiled? |
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No need to recompile. But note that the suggestion to use quickpkg |
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won't work here; you cannot downgrade glibc. Once you upgrade, it |
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stays. If you would want to downgrade, you would need to modify the |
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glibc ebuild and do so on your own risk. There's a mechanism in the |
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ebuild preventing downgrades due to the danger of breaking a system |
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while downgrading. |
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