Re: [WARNING] Some notes on the upcoming glibc to unstable
On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 07:20:54PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> Ben Collins wrote:
> > The next upload of glibc for unstable will have a drastic change. The
> > minimum kernel supported will be bumped up to 2.2.0. This means if you
> > have a 2.0.X kernel running unstable; STAY WITH WOODY.
>
> Are you going to place a test into the preinst to make it fail if it
> detects a kernel prior to 2.2.0? (like 2.1.* or 2.0.* for example)
I can do that. I had a similar test for sparc/glibc a long time back
because on sun4m, it required a 2.2.8+ kernel. This would be one of
those times where it would be nice to have system dynamic virtual
provides (like an auto "Provides: system:linux-kernel (= 2.4.8)")
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