Re: kernel 2.4, modutils requires libc6 2.1.97
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Jameson C. Burt wrote:
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> This flashes a WARNING to me, since libc is very foundational;
> indeed, a few Debian distributions back, most distribution upgrades failed
> because of libc changes.
> Does an upgrade of libc6 from version 2.1.3 to 2.1.97 largely work?
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>
> Perhaps my best solution would compile modutils version myself.
You got it ! :)
> Besides, I now notice that the kernel source linux-2.4.0.tar.bz2
> document .../Documentation/Changes
> has upped the modutils version requirement from 2.3.15 (in linux-2.4.0-test8)
> to
> modutils version 2.4.0 (in linux-2.4.0)
> which appears nowhere, not even in the .../pool/* directories.
Actually, modutils 2.4.0 doesn't even exist (as far as I could find
out, I could be mistaken) ! I'm just trying out the one from
testing... seems more then ok.
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