Re: Request for help: upgrade Woody -> Sarge

[bob@proulx.com (Bob Proulx)]

Thibaut VARENE wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > I had originally read that to say that I must upgrade the kernel
> > before upgrading to Sarge because of course the hardware is a 64-bit
> > cpu.  But now I see that I guess I only need to upgrade the kernel
> > first if I am already running a 64-bit kernel.  If I am running the
> > 2.4.17-32 kernel then I guess I don't need to upgrade the kernel
> > first.
> 
> No, that's a misconception. You need to upgrade the kernel because
> Sarge's glibc needs a newer (than 2.4.17) kernel to work. If you don't
> upgrade your kernel first, you'll end up with a broken system.

So are the release notes incorrect here?  They say "On 64bit HPPA
machines".  If that also applies to 32bit HPPA machines then the
release notes should say not have a 64bit qualifier and should just
say that the kernel must be upgraded for all systems.

Bob