Don't forget to reply to the list... I say after I forgot to change the to address on the email I just sent.
On Thu, 2021-04-22 at 16:37 -0400, Alan Grimes wrote: > Matt Connell (Gmail) wrote: > > On Thu, 2021-04-22 at 15:09 -0400, Alan Grimes wrote: > > > - sys-libs/glibc-2.32-r7::gentoo (masked by: package.mask) > > This is the current stable version of glibc, which would satisfy the > > ebuild. You have it masked manually, it would seem. > > > > Did you leave yourself a comment as to why it was masked? > > Well, I got 2.33 installed on me and the system does not allow that > package to downgarde, for good reason... I masked the old version to > stop it from bitching at me that it can't downgrade that package. I don't for sure whether or not glibc is supposed to be able to be downgraded or not. If not, then it sounds like using the ~arch version of it is biting you in the backside. A cautionary tale about not using the ~arch keyword for mission-critical packages unless the situation is dire.
