On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 06:28:52PM +0000, PieterB wrote: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 01:03:01PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > > I manually installed glibc 2.7-4 (libc6_2.7-4_i386.deb) and will reboot after > > > the backup is finished. > > No that won't work you have to go back to a 2.6 one. > > I'm restoring a backup. When everything is fixed I'll update my Debian 4.0 > testing distribution when my VPS host kernel is compatible with glibc 2.7-4 > or later. > > > > Is there anything else I can check to find out what happened? > > The kernel you run on has a custom redhat patch that conflicts with > > the new O_CLOEXEC feature. Either they change the kernel, or you keep a > > pre 2.6. > > I assume you mean pre 2.7 (being 2.6). According to Yean I meant pre 2.6 inclusive actually ;) > Can anybody help me find the kernel patch I should ask to be installed > (I doubt they do that in short time with a big hosting company like Strato). actually it's a patch to remove (it's called the TUX patch afaict). > Can anybody tell me how I can make sure my system doesn't get crashed the > next time I do 'apt-get upgrade'? Or should the new patch in glibc-4 prevent > problems automatically? hold the glibc. aptitude know how to do that, probably aptitude hold libc6.
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