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> > > Perhaps you should go back to a lower glib version. Latest versions of |
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> > > such important packages might always have issues. |
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> > What is the approved way to do this? |
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> There is no approved way to downgrade glibc. The output message from the |
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> error you posted tells you why the devs will not provide you with a method |
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> to do it. If you *really* want to do it, your could comment out the "if" |
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> statement between lines 159 and 163 of the latest glibc ebuild. |
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> The only correct way I know of is to perform a reinstall. It'll probable be |
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> quicker, easier and far less painful than trying to recover from ripping |
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> the foundation out from under your OS... |
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> However, did you notice that the parent poster mentioned glib and you have |
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> attempted to downgrade glibc? |
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The issue that I have is that glibc is broken, probably due to my profile |
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having at some point switched from a 64 bit profile back to i386. |
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After discovering this, I tried to fix this by switching the profile back, and |
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that's when my problems began. glibc appears to be broken, and causes errors |
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when trying to compile (specifically, lib cpp fails the sanity check). |
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Reinstalling glibc from a binary was recommended as a way to fix this, but I |
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don't have access to a binary of the same or more recent vintage as the one |
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already installed on my system. Trying to install an older version that I |
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could find caused the glibc error. |
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emerge -eav system causes the same errors, as glibc appears to require glibc |
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to compile, and since it's not working, I have a circular dependency that I |
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can't resolve. |
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If its OK to do so, and has a chance of working, I could install an older |
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version of glib. All I need to know is how to do this. |
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Any pointers gratefully received. I'd really rather not have to rip out |
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everything and re-install the OS (several days of work), as it's basically |
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working right now - just won't upgrade at the moment. |
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Thanks |
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Jeff |
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Jeff |
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