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From: "Brett I. Holcomb" <brettholcomb@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Winex and glibc
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 00:12:43
Message-Id: auto-000095644504@remt26.cluster1.charter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Winex and glibc by Peter Ruskin
1 Nope, didn't work.  If I do  an emerge -u --deep system -p it wants to
2 downgrade/upgrade glibc-2.3.1-r4 from 2.3.2-r1.  I'm still blocked.
3
4 I'm running glibc-2.3.2-r1.
5
6 Any ideas on how to fix this?  I'll bug it too.
7
8 Looks like you were right!
9 > On Tuesday 22 Jul 2003 00:20, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
10 > > I did an emerge -u --deep world -p and am told that winex -cvs and
11 > > glibc-2.3.2-r1 conflict with each other. I get
12 > >
13 > > B app-emulation/winex-cvs (from pkg sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-r1)
14 > > R sys-libs.glibc-2.3.2-r1
15 > >
16 > > I remember some heavy discussion on glibc being upgraded (one says it
17 > > breaks x but another says x works fine, etc.) but from what I
18 > > remember it was decided to do it anyway.
19 > >
20 > > How do I fix this? It appears I'm blocked. I didn't see anything on
21 > > bugzilla that would apply to this.
22 >
23 > Hi Brett,
24 >
25 > I was one making noise about winex not working with glibc-2.3.2. I
26 >
27 > added this line to /etc/portage/package.mask:
28 > >=sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-r1
29 >
30 > before upgrading. This kept glibc-2.3.2-r1 on my box so winex still
31 > works for me.
32 >
33 > Everything OK so far.
34 >
35 > Peter
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39 Brett I. Holcomb
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Winex and glibc Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Winex and glibc Peter Ruskin <aoyu93@×××××××××.com>