Bug#245643: libc6: problem with $kernel_ver in preinst

[GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp>]

At Sat, 24 Apr 2004 13:34:53 +0200,
COLPART Gregory wrote:
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.3foulademer02032004

> When I upgrade libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 to libc6 2.3.2.ds1-12 I have a
> problem:
> D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst ( )
> WARNING: Your kernel version indicates a revision number
> of 255 or greater. Glibc has a number of built in
> assumptions that this revision number is less than 255.
> If you've built your own kernel, please make sure that any
> custom version numbers are appended to the upstream
> kernel number with a dash or some other delimiter.
> dpkg : erreur de traitement de
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.2.ds1-12_i386.deb (--install) :
>  le sous-processus pre-installation script a retourn� une erreur de
> sortie d'�tat 1
> 
> The script preinst contains:
> # Test to make sure z < 255, in x.y.z-n form of kernel version
>     kernel_rev=$(uname -r | awk -F '[.-]' '{print $3}')
>     if [ "$kernel_rev" -ge 255 ]

This preinst file is in -11, not in -12.  Are your libc6 really -12?

> But if you compiled your kernel with --append-to-version=foo, uname -r
> will be x.y.zfoo and kernel_rev will contain foo and installation will fail (exit 1)

This problem should be fixed in -12.  See #241395.

Regards,
-- gotom