Thiemo Seufer wrote: > Fuxin Zhang wrote: > > Maybe I should explain what is mentioned "page size". > > > > It refers to ELF_MAXPAGESIZE in binutils. In old binutils it is 4KB and > > recently extended to 64KB to meet the requirement of SVR4 MIPS ABI. > > > > Most packages in debian etch are built using new binutils, so they are > > working fine with a kernel using 16KB as its page size. But we do find > > that in base system there are three exceptional packages: ed, mawk and > > libcap1. They would prevent the using of 16KB kernel. > > > > If the maintainer recompile them using the same toolchain as the one > > using for most packages, this problem will disappear. > > Sounds reasonable, I'll see what can be done.
After a more thorough check it seems libcap1 was already rebuilt. Just to clarify, the stable distribution won't change, those rebuilds are only for unstable/testing. Thiemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

