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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mcview (mc -v) stopped working after glib update
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:32:47
Message-Id: 58965d8a0812081732o67f1a2b0ndee1f6296c85ee1c@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: mcview (mc -v) stopped working after glib update by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote:
2 > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
3 >>
4 >> Weird problem this one. I updated to sys-libs/glibc-2.9_p20081201 (from
5 >> 2.8_p20080602) and everything appears to be just fine. With one exception:
6 >> viewing files in Midnight Commander's built-in viewer doesn't work anymore.
7 >> Pressing F3 (View) does nothing. Calling `mcview` or `mc -v file` also
8 >> does nothing; the application simply exits with no error messages (or any
9 >> other messages; just nothing).
10 >>
11 >> Anyone encountered this? I've rebuild mc of course and revdep-rebuild
12 >> shows all is OK.
13 >
14 > I've solved it. I had to go ~arch on sys-kernel/linux-headers and rebuild
15 > glibc. I was using stable headers before (2.6.23-r3). After I upgraded to
16 > ~amd64 2.6.27-r2 and emerged glibc again, the bug went away.
17 >
18 > One more for the archive. Thanks anyone for trying to help :)
19
20 Ah-ha. I didn't think about that, but every time I emerge kernel
21 headers it suggests rebuilding glibc. I guess they added something new
22 over the years :)
23
24 Paul