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

[Jeff Bailey <jbailey@raspberryginger.com>]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 06:02:27PM -0400, Mark Horn wrote:

> Is there a workaround for this problem so that I can get libc6 installed?
> I'd like to manually modify the preinst script with the above kernel_rev
> line.  It doesn't appear possible because dpkg extracts the preinst
> directly from the .deb.  Is there a way to modify the preinst so that I
> can get past this problem?

The simplest workaround would be to write a quick shell script that replaces
uname.

Tks,
Jeff Bailey

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