Yes, I think it was an ubuntu-only kernel patch. One of the comments in that bug said something like running the previous kernel was a workaround but had security implications, so it was probably an overly hasty application of a security fix.
--- James On Thursday, July 30, 2015, Ralph Versteegen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 31 July 2015 at 03:28, James Paige <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> All those strange errors I was talking about on IRC are now resolved. >> They were caused by a bug in a kernel update 2 days ago, and fixed by a >> kernel update this morning >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1479093 >> >> Looks like it was affecting a very large number of 32bit programs on >> 64bit systems. >> >> It was the cause of my FreeBasic 0.90 failure, my ohrrpgce failure, and >> an assortment of other small crazy things that were happening on my system >> over the past 2 days. I feel very relieved that it has been fixed :) >> >> --- >> James >> > > Wow, that's a remarkably alarming kernel bug! Or was it Ubuntu-only? > Ubuntu are known for patching everything heavily, and I couldn't find any > more information about it. >
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