Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Downgrade glibc-2.11 to 2.10

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Donnerstag 19 November 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Thursday 19 November 2009 17:37:16 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > On Donnerstag 19 November 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > > On Thursday 19 November 2009 17:27:26 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > > > On Donnerstag 19 November 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > > > > On Thursday 19 November 2009 16:52:39 Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> > > > > > * Alan McKinnon (Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:06:45 +0200)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > A multitude of apps that used to run just fine now give
> > > > > > > "free(): invalid pointer" errors since I upgraded to glibc-2.11
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Which ones are these? I installed glibs 2.11 on Monday and had
> > > > > > exactly zero problems afterwards...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thorsten
> > > > >
> > > > > the important ones are firefox and amarok (had to downgrade
> > > > > binutils to get amarok to access it's collection at all)
> > > >
> > > > both work fine here - with glibc 2.11 and without workarounds.
> > > >
> > > > but have you tried MALLOC_CHECK_?
> > >
> > > Not yet, that check will have to wait for later tonigh as I have just
> > > seen the elog for qt-core.4.6.0_rc1 (which explains why I can't launch
> > > new apps since lunchtime.....)
> >
> > sometimes it is a good idea to read planet.gentoo.org before you do an
> >  update ;)
>
> Timeline:
>
> T minus 10: read planet. Nothing new.
> T minus 8:  emerge -avuND world
> T minus 6:  examine list, fix blockers, fix dumbass USE requirements, enter
> T minus 4:  do work $STUFF
> T minus 2:  new planet post in RSS reader
> T minus 0:  oh shit....
>

if you have buildpkg turned on, you can save yourself some time with a qt 
downgrade ;)