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From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] *** WARNING *** - upgrade to libxcb-1.4 (-r1) breaks your system
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:38:38
Message-Id: tkrat.161e6edc0a89cfca@igpm.rwth-aachen.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] *** WARNING *** - upgrade to libxcb-1.4 (-r1) breaks your system by Helmut Jarausch
1 On 15 Sep, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > as I have just bitten by it, have a look at
5 > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=285004
6 >
7 > before upgrading to x11-libs/libxcb-1.4 (1.4.-r1)
8 >
9 > since this breaks any X11-application (including your
10 > browser to look at the URL above)
11 >
12 > Such an update should be DOUBLY MASKED !!!
13 >
14 > And the messages coming with libxcb just don't help.
15 > revdep-rebuild doesn't help either.
16 >
17 > And one cannot remerge the broken packages either,
18 > since there configure bails out.
19
20 The above URL doesn't help either,
21 so any help to 'survive' is appreciated.
22
23 >
24 > Oh dear, Gentoo !
25 >
26 > Helmut.
27 >
28
29 --
30 Helmut Jarausch
31
32 Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
33 RWTH - Aachen University
34 D 52056 Aachen, Germany

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