Re: upgrading libc6 from 2.2.5-14.3 to 2.3.1-5 fails on 712
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Randolph Chung wrote:
> > > Please upgrade to 2.4.19 :)
> >
> > Forget it. 2.4.19 dies within 5 minutes of uptime, on any architecture I have.
> >
> > Anyhow, your sarcastic answer doesn't explain why even rebooting fails; the
> > kernel reports it is too old and that it tired to kill init.
>
> eh? how is this a "sarcastic answer"? it is a statement of fact, the
> latest glibc depends on having a 2.4.19 kernel.
Then why doesn't the package itself depend on that kernel? If it did, apt
would have prevented the upgrade from ever being attempted at all...
> as for 2.4.19 dying within 5 minutes of uptime, it would be helpful if
> you reported the symptoms to the parisc-linux list.
I already did, a while back. See the thread when I asked about 712-specific
hardware and was told not to bother compiling any 2.4.18 kernel anymore.
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