Bug#398924: Conflict between Gnome, udev, hotplug and linux-2.4

[Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>]

* Steve Langasek (vorlon@debian.org) [061117 21:58]:
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 03:45:52PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > > > We have one problematic case, though: Upgrades from 2.2 to 2.6 on an
> > > > arch without 2.4-kernels. Do we need udev-backports for them?
> 
> > > The only arch with 2.2 kernels in sarge is m68k though, which isn't
> > > releasing with etch.  The m68k porters should surely be consulted about how
> > > they want to handle this.
> 
> > I know of at least one powerpc-subarchitecture that has no 2.4 kernels.
> > I need to check whether they have working 2.6 kernels in sarge, or not.
> 
> Still not relevant, any powerpc subarchs that required 2.2 weren't supported
> by sarge. 

Good reason, thanks.

> And glibc on powerpc doesn't support 2.2 in etch anyway.

Yes, that would be the trouble for upgrading to an 2.6-etch kernel. I
think the current status - documenting "you have to upgrade away from
2.2 first" is correct, and should be upheld. Of course, that still
doesn't give us an answer what we should recommend for the
2.4/2.6-cases.


Cheers,
Andi
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