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Re: Bug#888202: stretch->buster: reminder that kernel should be >= 3.2 before upgrade



Dear debian-l10n-english,

I have started to go through reports against the release-notes, to be
ready when we release.

On 18-02-2019 13:17, Baptiste Jammet wrote:
> Dixit Paul Gevers, le 16/02/2019 :
>> I have prepared the attached patch that I intend to commit if nobody
>> objects to the wording in a couple of days. It adds this description to
>> the issues list.
> Don't hesitate to Cc debian-l10n-english if you need reviews.

Doing so now. My new patch is attached for the list.

Paul
From d1e59824d8bc8adc6f477449a9111de4f06ef69f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 20:54:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add note about glibc requiring Linux >= 3.2

Closes: 888202
---
 en/issues.dbk | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/en/issues.dbk b/en/issues.dbk
index 20122d3e..706266bf 100644
--- a/en/issues.dbk
+++ b/en/issues.dbk
@@ -219,6 +219,20 @@ information mentioned in <xref linkend="morereading"/>.
     </para>
   </section>
 
+  <section id="glibc-and-linux" arch="i386;amd64">
+    <!-- stretch to buster-->
+    <title>glibc requires linux kernel 3.2 or higher</title>
+    <para>
+      Starting with <systemitem role="source">glibc</systemitem> 2.26, Linux
+      kernel 3.2 or later is required. The <systemitem
+      role="package">libc6</systemitem> preinst has a check and aborts the
+      installation if it is not the case to avoid completely breaking the
+      system. That said it will leave the upgrade unfinished. Please update the
+      kernel before starting the system upgrade if the system still runs a
+      kernel before 3.2.
+    </para>
+  </section>
+
 </section>
 
 </chapter>
-- 
2.20.1

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