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On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:10:06 -0800 (PST), Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> > The trouble is that binpkgs keep a copy of the ebuild in them, so |
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> > even if you remove the downgrade check fro the in-tree ebuild, it |
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> > still fails. That one had me scratching my head for a few minutes. |
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> what happens if you remove the entry in /var/db? |
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> From gentoo's point of view, glibc suddenly is not installed. You are |
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> free to choose a version. |
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That's a good question, I had assumed it was getting the info from the |
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binpkg, but a grep of the entry in /var/db shows no sign of the warning |
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message (it's not in the ebuild but in an eblit file) so removing |
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the db entry would appear to be fruitless. |
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However, I've already recovered two machines from glibc breakage |
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this week, I'm not about to do anything to cause any more :( |
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