Bug#326220: libc6 2.3.5 ldconfig segfaults on powerpc oldworld

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 11:50:09AM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > Well, apt or dpkg should have figured that out, and warned me off to not
> > > attempt the upgrade, right? Yet another bug.
> > >
> > > The system is booted using a floppy, I'm not sure I can even fit a 2.4 or
> > > 2.6 kernel on there. Either way, 'you should not try that' is not an
> >
> > The 2.6.8 sarge kernel did fit on a miboot floppy just fine, thank you, miboot
> 
> Thanks for pointing this out. Now what in libc6 2.3.5 doesn't work anymore
> with 2.2 kernels, and why doesn't libc6 test for the running kernel
> version before attempting an upgrade?
> 
> Should this bug be assigned to apt, or libc6, or what?
> 
> I'll try your 2.6.8 sometime; is the stuff required to build miboot

Well, we only really tried miboot in debian-installer setup, and i never
really had success with it with 2.6 floppies, except two mysterious times in
oldenbourg one year ago. We use 2.4 miboot floppies there. There has been some
discussion about using hfs formatted floppies with the kernel on it without
miboot though.

> floppies in the powerpc kernel source, and would building a minimal 2.6.13
> kernel fit on floppy?

Yes, with 2.6.8 though the box died when switching the framebuffer on or
something.

you need the miboot package from p.d.o/~luther/miboot, and can look at the
instructions on how to use it in the d-i build stuff.

Friendly,

Sven LUther