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Re: alpha and sparc boot-floppies



> #include <hallo.h>
> Anthony Towns wrote on Thu Feb 28, 2002 um 06:00:31PM:
>
> > ] woody/main/disks-i386/3.0.19-2002-02-07
> ...
> > Be aware that if alpha and sparc boot-floppies aren't uploaded in a timely
> > fashion (and 3.0.19 hasn't been), then any bugfixes y'all may need before
> > release just plain won't be happening.
> >
> > Please upload and test new boot-floppies _right now_.
>
> Please tell us, do we have a chance to start using kernel 2.4.18, at
> least on i386 before the final Woody release?

Remember 2.4.18 has a bug which will make it not to work fine in non-i386
architectures when executing statically-linked files. Either use
2.4.18rc4 (which does not have this bug) or wait for 2.4.19. (Or, of
course, use 2.4.19pre1, available now :) )

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