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CJ Keist wrote: |
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> Hello all, |
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> First time user of Gentoo. We're wanting to run Matlab R14 SP2 |
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> 64bit mode. According to Matlab site they support the Linux kernel |
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> 2.6.x and glibc-2.3.2. Non of the current linux distro (i.e. Fedora) |
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> has that old of glibc. So looking at Gentoo thinking I can build the |
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> Gentoo system based on glibc-2.3.2. |
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> I'm doing a stage 1 install, and not quite understanding this |
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> portage tree stuff. I have tried to put the following in |
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> /etc/portage/package.mask: |
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> >=sys-libs/glibc-2.3.3 |
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> and /etc/portage/package.unmask |
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> =sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-r12 |
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> but bootstrapping the system is failing with deps on glibc newer than |
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> what I want. Am I going about this wrong???? |
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Have people reported any problems with newer versions of glibc? If not, you should at least try a current stable version. |
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If you want to run an old version of glibc then it's probably easier if you use an old portage tree. Maybe you can use an old gentoo release cd. |
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Zac |
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