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From: tuxic@××××××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Downgrading glibc prevented by emerge/portage...but why initiated?
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:55:30
Message-Id: 20170912165511.h3vlevx7suyughuh@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Downgrading glibc prevented by emerge/portage...but why initiated? by "Andreas K. Huettel"
1 On 09/12 04:50, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
2 > Am Dienstag, 12. September 2017, 05:43:59 CEST schrieb tuxic@××××××.de:
3 > > Hi,
4 > >
5 > > got a problem this morning:
6 > > >>> Verifying ebuild manifests
7 > > >>> Running pre-merge checks for sys-libs/glibc-2.24-r4
8 > >
9 > > * Sanity check to keep you from breaking your system:
10 > > * Downgrading glibc is not supported and a sure way to destruction
11 >
12 > ... because I accidentally removed 2.24-r4 instead of 2.24-r3.
13 >
14 > Got fixed a few hours later as soon as someone filed a bug.
15 > (I wanted to keep the last 2.24 revision.)
16 >
17 > --> so, file bugs! :)
18 >
19 > That said, 2.24 won't go stable; the current stable candidate is 2.25-r5.
20 >
21 > --
22 > Andreas K. Hüttel
23 > dilfridge@g.o
24 > Gentoo Linux developer (council, perl, libreoffice)
25 >
26
27 Hi Andreas,
28
29 ...and it was also a configuration bug on my side (see my last
30 posting).
31
32 Do you know how to solve this long lasting texinfo problem on my side?
33
34 Cheers
35 Meino