Re: Bug#338985: Bug#338984 closed by "Joop Stakenborg" <joop.pg4i@gmail.com> (Closing old bugs)
On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 12:40:30PM +0100, Joop Stakenborg wrote:
> >
> > Technically you are right, there is no bug in libax25 or FBB. But the
> > problem was that both the libax25 and FBB were compiled with wrong
> > options. Hence my remark that you let libax25 depend on the right
> > kernel. So a dependency and not a suggestion.
>
> Hello Arjan,
> Letting the packages depend on a certain kernel would not be very
> practical, e.g. there will be users who compile their own kernel and
> install that.
>
> Would you be satisfied if we adapt the package description and add a text,
> saying something like:
>
> "it is preferred that you run this software with a 2.6 series kernel".
>
> > Thank you for listening to my complaining.
> >
>
>
> Just for the record. Arjan explained to me that with his current setup,
> using kernel 2.6 and recent packages, crashes have gone.
The situation is quite clear for lenny: only linux 2.6 is supported. The
libc6 package checks for 2.6.12 or later and won't work on older
versions.
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
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