On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've rebuild everything mc uses to no avail. I made a "quickpgk glibc" > before upgrading in hope to revert back if something like this happens, but > I was not aware of this: > > > emerge --usepkgonly glibc > Calculating dependencies... done! > > >>> Emerging binary (1 of 1) sys-libs/glibc-2.8_p20080602 > * glibc-2.8_p20080602.tbz2 MD5 SHA1 size ;-) [ ok ] > >>> Extracting info > * Sanity check to keep you from breaking your system: > * Downgrading glibc is not supported and a sure way to destruction > > > I just got owned?
Wow, I never knew about that either. There is some discussion in this old bug: http://bugs.gentoo.org/238521 It looks like you can edit the glibc ebuild and force it if you know it'll be okay. Good luck :) paul
