Control: tags -1 patch pending On Tue, 23 Jan 2018 22:28:00 +0100 Aurelien Jarno <aure...@debian.org> wrote: > Starting with glibc 2.26, Linux kernel 3.2 or later is required. This > change only affects amd64 and i386 as it was already the case in Stretch > for other architectures. The libc6 preinst has a check and aborts the > installation if it is not the case to avoid completely breaking the > system. That said it will leave the upgrade unfinished.
I have prepared the attached patch that I intend to commit if nobody objects to the wording in a couple of days. It adds this description to the issues list. Paul PS: is it somehow possible to only add this to the i386 and amd64 release-notes?
From 2d3da17e1c29af23d974cbfffdec1cf0aeee071f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gevers <elb...@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 20:48:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add note about glibc requiring Linux >= 3.2
Closes: 888202
---
en/issues.dbk | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/en/issues.dbk b/en/issues.dbk
index d15d12da..156e0489 100644
--- a/en/issues.dbk
+++ b/en/issues.dbk
@@ -213,6 +213,21 @@ information mentioned in <xref linkend="morereading"/>.
</para>
</section>
+ <section id="glibc-and-linux">
+ <!-- stretch to buster i386 and amd64 only-->
+ <title>glibc requires linux kernel 3.2 or higher</title>
+ <para>
+ Starting with <systemitem role="source">glibc</systemitem> 2.26, Linux
+ kernel 3.2 or later is required. This change only affects amd64 and i386
+ as it was already the case in stretch for other architectures. The
+ <systemitem role="package">libc6</systemitem> preinst has a check and
+ aborts the installation if it is not the case to avoid completely
+ breaking the system. That said it will leave the upgrade
+ unfinished. Please update the kernel before starting the system upgrade
+ if the system still runs a kernel before 3.2.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
</section>
</chapter>
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