Re: Fun upgrading libc (segmentation fault while going from stable to testing in Sun IPX)
> > I got pissed and decided to reinstall debian in that IPX. I make a
> > testing (I assume the order is stable->testing->unstable, right? I still get
> > confused in that) boot cd using jigdo. When I tried to feed my IPX with it,
> > it would hang during the boot process. So, I made a 3.00r4 stable/woody boot
> > cd and was able to install debian. So, I then started looking for a new
> > kernel, just to see if I could go to 2.4 in woody. It seems the only
> > available images are for the ultra series. Lovely.
> If I remember correctly, IPX is sun4c architecture.
IPX is sun4c.
> Sarge (testing)
> installer formally supports it, but I haven't seen any reports from
> somebody trying to install on sun4c for a long time. So, if you would be
> willing to try the latest pre-release image(s) from [0] and submit a
> detailed installation report [1] afterwards, that would be very valuable.
>
> [0] http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
> [1] http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/report-template
I was also under the impression that all packages in sarge were moving
over to being compiled with -v8. From what little I know I guess it
would be possible to put a small hack in somewhere (glibc I'd guess,
maybe ld) that would catch the illegal instruction flags and run
soft-emulation of them, thus allowing unmodified sarge binaries to run
on sun4c and other -v7 boxes. It would degrade performance on them
somewhat - possibly to the point of being unuseable.
Is there an 'official word' on this and where can it be found / who is
in charge of making one?
Cheers,
- Martin
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Martin
inkubus@interalpha.co.uk
"Seasons change, things come to pass"
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