Bug#308878: kernel-image-2.6.10+11-1-686-smp fails to boot

[Svante Signell <svante.signell@telia.com>]

On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 12:10 +0200, Svante Signell wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 20:19 +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> > tags 308878 moreinfo
> > thanks
Installing the updated initrd-tools (0.1.79) gives no error in cpio
with /lib/ld-linux.so.2 not found:

#> apt-get install --reinstall kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686-smp
...
Unpacking replacement kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686-smp ...
Setting up kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686-smp (2.6.10-6) ...
Not touching initrd symlinks since we are being reinstalled (2.6.10-6)
Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated (2.6.10-6

compared to before the upgrade:

#> apt-get install --reinstall kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686-smp
...
Unpacking replacement kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686-smp ...
Setting up kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686-smp (2.6.10-6) ...
cpio:   /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7fea000): No such file or directory
cpio: (0xffffe000): No such file or directory
Not touching initrd symlinks since we are being reinstalled (2.6.10-6)
Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated (2.6.10-6)

Now the kernel boots!!! Problem solved.

>From the Debian changelog of initrd-tools-0.1.79:
 * GOTO Masanori
    - Make mkinitrd work with new ldd format which change is introduced
      in glibc 2.3.4.  (Closes: #301455, #303281)
      This change also fixes amd64 mkinitrd breakage.
      (Closes: #279382, #292080, #295412, #295422, #297724)

Installed libc is from experimental:
ii  libc6    2.3.5-1  GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone