On Fri, 22 Oct 2010, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> eglibc preinst refuses to let dpkg install it if the kernel running is
> too old.
I think this patch is what you are looking for.
The situation isn't ideal, because libc can still be installed in the
absence of TLS support, given a mainline kernel between 2.6.32 and .33.y.
However, you are quite right, it is a good idea.
(This patch is completely untested, BTW.)
Finn
Index: debian/debhelper.in/libc.preinst
===================================================================
--- debian/debhelper.in/libc.preinst (revision 4436)
+++ debian/debhelper.in/libc.preinst (working copy)
@@ -292,33 +292,22 @@
mips*) realarch="mips";;
esac
- # The GNU libc requires a >= 2.6.18 kernel (except on m68k)
- if [ "$realarch" != m68k ]
+ # The GNU libc requires a >= 2.6.32 kernel on m68k (for TLS support)
+ if [ "$realarch" = m68k ]
then
- if linux_compare_versions "$kernel_ver" lt 2.6.18
- then
- echo WARNING: this version of the GNU libc requires kernel
version
- echo 2.6.18 or later. Please upgrade your kernel before
installing
- echo glibc.
- kernel26_help
-
- exit 1
- fi
+ min_kernel_ver=2.6.32
+ else
+ min_kernel_ver=2.6.18
fi
- # The GNU libc is now built with --with-kernel= >= 2.4.1 on m68k
- if [ "$realarch" = m68k ]
+ if linux_compare_versions "$kernel_ver" lt "$min_kernel_ver"
then
- if linux_compare_versions "$kernel_ver" lt 2.4.1
- then
- echo WARNING: This version of glibc requires that you be running
- echo kernel version 2.4.1 or later. Earlier kernels contained
- echo bugs that may render the system unusable if a modern version
- echo of glibc is installed.
- kernel26_help
+ echo WARNING: this version of the GNU libc requires kernel version
+ echo $min_kernel_ver or later. Please upgrade your kernel before
installing
+ echo glibc.
+ kernel26_help
- exit 1
- fi
+ exit 1
fi
# From glibc 2.6-3 SPARC V8 support is dropped.
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