Bug#291050: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-sparc32: Circular Dependency Between `libc6' and `kernel-image-xxx-sparc32'

[Ludovic Courtes <ludovic.courtes@laas.fr>]

Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-sparc32
Severity: important


Hi,

As already discussed in the past [1], there is currently a circular
dependency on sparc32 between recent kernel image packages available in
Debian unstable and recent `libc6' packages.  This problem makes it
practically impossible to upgrade from stable to unstable or testing
(I doubt the solution proposed in [2] really works since one won't be
able to launch _any_ executable coming from `stable' once the the new
glibc is in place, due to symbol versioning).

Also, there doesn't seem to be any `kernel-image-2.4.26-*' package in
`testing' as said in [3].  The `kernel-image-2.4.27-1-sparc32' package
in there depends on `libc6' which is known to depend on a 2.4.21 or
newer kernel.

Building a new "transitional" kernel image was proposed [4] but it
doesn't seem to be available so far.

Thanks,
Ludovic.

[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2004/11/msg00083.html
[2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2004/11/msg00093.html
[3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2004/11/msg00096.html
[4] http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2004/11/msg00094.html

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Debian Release: 3.0
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