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From: "Matt Connell (Gmail)" <matthewdconnell@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Chromium: GIGAFOOBAR!!!
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 20:46:11
Message-Id: 008b5de025ec6dcdcf96bba237a0455ccab44f4a.camel@gmail.com
1 Don't forget to reply to the list... I say after I forgot to change the
2 to address on the email I just sent.
3
4 On Thu, 2021-04-22 at 16:37 -0400, Alan Grimes wrote:
5 > Matt Connell (Gmail) wrote:
6 > > On Thu, 2021-04-22 at 15:09 -0400, Alan Grimes wrote:
7 > > > - sys-libs/glibc-2.32-r7::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
8 > > This is the current stable version of glibc, which would satisfy the
9 > > ebuild. You have it masked manually, it would seem.
10 > >
11 > > Did you leave yourself a comment as to why it was masked?
12 >
13 > Well, I got 2.33 installed on me and the system does not allow that
14 > package to downgarde, for good reason... I masked the old version to
15 > stop it from bitching at me that it can't downgrade that package.
16
17 I don't for sure whether or not glibc is supposed to be able to be
18 downgraded or not. If not, then it sounds like using the ~arch version
19 of it is biting you in the backside. A cautionary tale about not using
20 the ~arch keyword for mission-critical packages unless the situation is
21 dire.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Chromium: GIGAFOOBAR!!! Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>