Apparently, though unproven, at 20:57 on Sunday 22 August 2010, cov...@ccs.covici.com did opine thusly:
> > There is a way to downgrade for the brave. > > > > > > > > quickpkg glibc > > move the 2.11.? version ebuild you want to your local overlay. > > Edit it and find the check that disallows downgrades. Comment it out. > > Mask glibc2.12 > > update glibc > > > > > > > > At this point it's probably very wise to rebuild at least system, then > > revdep- rebuild. Note that rebuilding system might fail in which case > > you are really up the creek. > > > > > > > > Feel free to rip to pieces the dev that committed this version. It could > > not possibly have undergone decent testing > > I have another idea -- what would I have to restore from backup to > completely cancel the entire update process I have done since yesterday > -- and then I could mask off the bad glibc and be back to something at > least somewhat consistent? I too have another idea - look at emerge.log and tell us what you emerged since yesterday. Then restore those packages. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
