Kynn Jones <kyn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Kynn Jones <kyn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I can think of the following possible solutions: >> >> 1. change the priorities so that stable trumps security; >> 2. (somehow) force the installation of libc6-dev v. 2.13-38+deb7u6; >> 3. (somehow) downgrade my libc6 to the version in security.debian.org >> stable (2.13-38+deb7u4); >> The last one seems the most prudent one, but I have no idea of how to >> go about it, since practically everything depends on libc6... > This turned out to be much easier than I'd imagined. All I had to do was run > aptitude install libc6=2.13-38+deb7u4 > ...and answer a couple of straightforward questions on how to handle > one dependency. > After downgrading libc6, the installation of g++ went without a hitch. Congratulation, you just made your system less secure and reopened already fixed security problems by downgrading your libc6 to a vulnerable version. Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/3b9pr7fba...@mids.svenhartge.de
