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Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Apparently, though unproven, at 15:29 on Sunday 22 August 2010, Arttu V. did |
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> opine thusly: |
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> > On 8/22/10, covici@××××××××××.com <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > Hi. I am running the unstable gentoo 32-bit and today I emerged -- |
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> > > amoung other packages in a system update -- glibc-2.12.1-r1, however |
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> > > after doing this at least one package had an undefined reference to |
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> > > S_ISCHR. I tried to downgrade glibc, but apparently this is not |
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> > > supported and I am a bit stumped as to how to fix this problem. |
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> > > |
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> > > Any ideas on this would be appreciated. |
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> > |
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> > Which package is failing? Please check if it is already reported, and |
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> > if not then please report a new bug, and if possible make it block |
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> > this tracker bug: |
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> > |
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> > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=331665 |
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> > |
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> > A wild guess out of the blue would be that the error could be simply a |
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> > missing include of stat.h in the package's sources. But there might be |
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> > other omissions as well, so please provide more info. |
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> > |
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> > I think that unless API/ABIs were changed then the older, already |
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> > installed version should still work just fine, as then the missing |
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> > includes would only affect compile-time situation. |
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> There is a way to downgrade for the brave. |
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> quickpkg glibc |
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> move the 2.11.? version ebuild you want to your local overlay. |
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> Edit it and find the check that disallows downgrades. Comment it out. |
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> Mask glibc2.12 |
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> update glibc |
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> At this point it's probably very wise to rebuild at least system, then revdep- |
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> rebuild. Note that rebuilding system might fail in which case you are really |
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> up the creek. |
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> Feel free to rip to pieces the dev that committed this version. It could not |
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> possibly have undergone decent testing |
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I have another idea -- what would I have to restore from backup to |
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completely cancel the entire update process I have done since yesterday |
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-- and then I could mask off the bad glibc and be back to something at |
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least somewhat consistent? |
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-- |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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covici@××××××××××.com |
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