Bug 150078

Summary:	downgrade of glibc
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	emerald <dirk>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	minor	CC:	vallesroc
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description emerald 2006-10-04 10:56:44 UTC

please allow downgrade of glibc and don't die in ebuild, at least within the same version (2.4-r4 -> 2.4-r3)
i installed glibc-2.4-r4 and experienced heavy problems on x86, so want to make sure that glibc is stable
maybe a version specific variable to override downgrade-block or something...
...actually downgrade of glibc is possible without too much risk, as long as you didn't recompile system and toolchain...

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-10-04 10:58:26 UTC

No, period. It breaks hell out of users.

Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-10-12 11:47:39 UTC

*** Bug 151059 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Roc Vallès 2006-10-12 12:00:17 UTC

Maybe the cure is worse than the initial problem (see #151059)