sys-libs/glibc: expose a knob to downgrade glibc
authorSergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org>
Tue, 23 Jul 2019 07:12:09 +0000 (08:12 +0100)
committerSergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org>
Tue, 23 Jul 2019 07:14:33 +0000 (08:14 +0100)
commitf0835514f598eb471edd0d92dc29536afbbcb039
tree356e3965b2da1a2cd3e86892473ee643a620b968
parentdcb74f4354f872d9cfdbea370699420ebb5b046e
sys-libs/glibc: expose a knob to downgrade glibc

It's not something to be used lightly. Useful when the damage was not
yet done to the rest of the system.

Usage example:
    # I_ALLOW_TO_BREAK_MY_SYSTEM=yes emerge -v1 "=glibc-${old-version}"

Be prepared to deal with downgrade consequences like disappeared symbols
and versions of symbols

Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.69, Repoman-2.3.16
Signed-off-by: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org>
sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.29-r2.ebuild
sys-libs/glibc/glibc-9999.ebuild