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On Tuesday 17 November 2009 18:57:21 daid kahl wrote: |
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> > if has_version '>'${CATEGORY}/${PF} ; then |
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> > eerror "Sanity check to keep you from breaking your system:" |
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> > eerror " Downgrading glibc is not supported and a sure way to |
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> > destruction" die "aborting to save your system" |
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> > fi |
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> > I want to do it anyway. |
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> I had a circumstance where I also had to downgrade glibc. It was a |
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> giant pain in the ass. |
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> The advice you gave me in July for the same question (from me that time): |
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> > 1. Backup all user data, configs and critical files |
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> > 2. Download a recent stage that suits your needs |
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> > 3. Rebuild world plus add all the extra packages you use |
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> I followed your advice and it worked very well. From my experience, |
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> you're only going to do the same thing if you actually try to |
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> downgrade, and it's going to be much harder and take much longer. |
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> What better advice to follow than your own!! |
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So this is one of those times where why words come back to haunt me?? :-) |
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What I think I shall do first, is downgrade binutils to 1.19.x and rebuild a |
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few apps I've noticed that are affected. I think the odds of success are |
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pretty good. If not, well, a reinstall-rebuild is the certain route to go |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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