At Sat, 11 Oct 2003 15:48:19 -0500, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > reassign 215010 libc6 > Bug#215010: Illegal instruction with 2.2 kernel > Bug reassigned from package `util-linux' to `libc6'. > > > # Critical or wishlist? > > severity 215010 critical > Bug#215010: Illegal instruction with 2.2 kernel > Severity set to `critical'. > > > merge 215010 215012 > Bug#215010: Illegal instruction with 2.2 kernel > Bug#215012: libc6: SIGILL in XFree86 X server, suspect libc6 upgrade > Merged 215010 215012.
> > | As I understand it, you > > | need to upgrade to at least that version because libc6 now compiles > > | with hardware multiplication instructions by default. Some (or was it > > | all?) sun4m don't have these instructions, so Linux 2.4.21 emulates them. > > > > Okay. > > So libc6 should depend on 2.4.21 kernel images, no ? > > I think libc6's preinst script (/var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6.preinst) should > be changed to fail on kernels earlier than 2.4.21. Right now it looks > like it checks for 2.2.7 or higher on sparc. Now I've added it into libc preinst in experimental. Regards, -- gotom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
