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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Chromium: GIGAFOOBAR!!!
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 21:42:25
Message-Id: 20210422224211.633a79e8@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Chromium: GIGAFOOBAR!!! by "Matt Connell (Gmail)"
1 On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 15:46:04 -0500, Matt Connell (Gmail) wrote:
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3 > On Thu, 2021-04-22 at 16:37 -0400, Alan Grimes wrote:
4 > > Matt Connell (Gmail) wrote:
5 > > > On Thu, 2021-04-22 at 15:09 -0400, Alan Grimes wrote:
6 > > > > - sys-libs/glibc-2.32-r7::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
7 > > > This is the current stable version of glibc, which would satisfy the
8 > > > ebuild. You have it masked manually, it would seem.
9 > > >
10 > > > Did you leave yourself a comment as to why it was masked?
11 > >
12 > > Well, I got 2.33 installed on me and the system does not allow that
13 > > package to downgarde, for good reason... I masked the old version to
14 > > stop it from bitching at me that it can't downgrade that package.
15 >
16 > I don't for sure whether or not glibc is supposed to be able to be
17 > downgraded or not. If not, then it sounds like using the ~arch version
18 > of it is biting you in the backside. A cautionary tale about not using
19 > the ~arch keyword for mission-critical packages unless the situation is
20 > dire.
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22 The chromium-90.* ebuilds apply a patch to work with glibc-2.3.3, you
23 might try that on a 91 ebuild. Read bug #769989 first.
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