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Re: Reverting to an old version of libstdc++6



On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:07:01 +0200
Johan Grönqvist <johan.gronqvist@gmail.com> wrote:

> 2011-04-19 17:29, Joe Riel skrev:
> > This weekend I upgraded, and libstdc++6 went from
> > 4.5.2-4 ->  4.6.0-2.
> 
> > (1) how do I determine what version of libstdc++6
> > that the previous debian version of that package was using?
> > That, is, the current package provides the file
> > /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.15 and a link
> > /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 ->  libstdc++.so.6.0.15.
> > I assume the previous debian version did the same,
> > but with some other file, maybe libstdc++.so.6.0.14?
> > How do I find out what that file was?
> >
> 
> I went to snapshot.debian.org, searched for the binary package 
> libstd++6, and grabbed the .deb file for version 4.5.2-4 on amd64. I 
> opened that deb-file (with the decompression program in gnome) and it 
> contained /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 and /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.14,
> as you expected.
> 
> > (2) How do I locate and install
> > the previous version from a debian repository?
> >
> 
> Download the .deb from snapshots.debian.org and install. The normal 
> warnings and disclaimers when downgrading library packages all apply.
> 
> <http://snapshot.debian.org/package/gcc-4.5/4.5.2-4/#libstdc:2b::2b:6_4.5.2-4>
> 
Thank you,  that fixes the immediate problem.

-- 
Joe Riel


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