Re: Segmentation faults with aptitude and apt-get on some packages
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>> That's a bug I fixed, but it didn’t make it into the 4.8 branch until
>> 4.8.10[1]. Unfortunately that’s not yet been packaged for Debian. There
>> is 4.9~rc5-1~exp1 in experimental, but I haven’t tried that build, and I
>> don’t know if the serious regression of not being able to load kernel
>> modules has been fixed. My suggestion would be to try the experimental
>> package, but that may fail with a whole load of missing memcpy etc
>> symbols, in which case I recommend compiling an upstream version from
>> the 4.8 branch (currently 4.8.11[2] is the latest stable release).
>>
>> Regards,
>> James
>>
>> [1] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?h=linux-4.8.y&id=51915c6d90704046600414e117d80e6a76ba13e6
>> [2] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tag/?h=v4.8.11
>>
> Assuming I understood you correctly, I added experimental to sources and
> installed kernel 4.9~rc5-1~exp1. Upon reboot it dropped me into BusyBox
> and initramfs prompt. Probably going to turn it off and start from
> scratch tomorrow. I'll figure out how to compile the 4.8.11 after I get
> a clean install using the snapshot as a starting point.
>
> Rod
>
Good afternoon/day/evening,
1) I have noodled around with this all day (slow day here) and I'm not
any closer to understanding the process to compile the 4.8.11 kernel. If
you could point me to a HOWTO or other documentation by which I can
further my knowledge and understanding of the process I'd be appreciative.
2) In looking at the buildd status, have 'we' rebuilt enough of the
packages to safely move the sources.list back to the debian-ports and
away from the snapshot prior to NOV 2?
Rod
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