[glibc] 02/02: debian/debhelper.in/libc.NEWS: note that the minimum required Linux kernel is now 3.2 to avoid aborts in the middle of an upgrade. Closes: #888183.
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commit 4cebc95eb5d72d115bf49955851491b0b75baec2
Author: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
Date: Tue Jan 23 22:51:28 2018 +0100
debian/debhelper.in/libc.NEWS: note that the minimum required Linux kernel is now 3.2 to avoid aborts in the middle of an upgrade. Closes: #888183.
(In practice reuse the note from 2.21-2 as we later reverted that change) .
---
debian/changelog | 2 ++
debian/debhelper.in/libc.NEWS | 17 +++++++++--------
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c5cfeee..50de484 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ glibc (2.26-5) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
* debian/patches/git-updates.diff: update from upstream stable branch:
- debian/patches/hurd-i386/git-mount_namespace.diff: upstreamed.
* debian/testsuite-xfail-debian.mk: update with new tests.
+ * debian/debhelper.in/libc.NEWS: note that the minimum required Linux kernel
+ is now 3.2 to avoid aborts in the middle of an upgrade. Closes: #888183.
-- Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:27:57 +0100
diff --git a/debian/debhelper.in/libc.NEWS b/debian/debhelper.in/libc.NEWS
index 1f408ac..0e71e0f 100644
--- a/debian/debhelper.in/libc.NEWS
+++ b/debian/debhelper.in/libc.NEWS
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
-glibc (2.21-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+glibc (2.26-5) unstable; urgency=medium
- Starting with version 2.21-1, the glibc requires a 3.2 or later Linux
+ Starting with version 2.26-1, the glibc requires a 3.2 or later Linux
kernel. If you use an older kernel, please upgrade it *before*
installing this glibc version. Failing to do so will end-up with the
following failure:
- Preparing to unpack .../libc6_2.21-1_amd64.deb ...
- Checking for services that may need to be restarted...
- Checking init scripts...
- WARNING: this version of the GNU libc requires kernel version
- 3.2 or later. Please upgrade your kernel before installing
+ Preparing to unpack .../libc6_2.26-5_amd64.deb ...
+ ERROR: This version of the GNU libc requires kernel version
+ 3.2 or later. Please upgrade your kernel before installing
glibc.
+ The decision to not support older kernels is a GNU libc upstream
+ decision.
+
Note: This obviously does not apply to non-Linux kernels.
- -- Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org> Thu, 03 Dec 2015 22:46:21 +0100
+ -- Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org> Tue, 23 Jan 2018 22:03:12 +0100
eglibc (2.13-25) unstable; urgency=medium
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