Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932131AbWH0Oub (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:50:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932134AbWH0Oub (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:50:31 -0400 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.239]:59226 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932131AbWH0Oua (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:50:30 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=olTERyTvxOBNZa4/zL8N4ZZTMPhmgPUIjnjxfyJ9m0pz04y3X4vLGQ/WvhBdkwQWDdqq2SbgTAtNjtOtU+Pb5syV+MG5EDA8BsZUnMwnvk4cNBx3jYiih7yDycLZs+Q8ETMNg6HhUuMN0g5szVO6ye0jXLB6df9nf/lN394NnfA= Message-ID: <7c3341450608270750t26f81d02s45e6b05572b0e255@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:50:29 +0100 From: "Nick Warne" Reply-To: nick@linicks.net To: "Mikael Pettersson" Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.33.2 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, wtarreau@hera.kernel.org, gcoady.lk@gmail.com, mtosatti@redhat.com, volkerdi@slackware.com In-Reply-To: <200608271235.k7RCZlru005427@harpo.it.uu.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200608271235.k7RCZlru005427@harpo.it.uu.se> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2029 Lines: 45 Good question - all I can find is the slackware package - and it appears not many mirrors have this yet: http://slackware.it/en/pb/package.php?q=current/glibc-solibs-2.3.6-i486-5 Nick On 27/08/06, Mikael Pettersson wrote: > On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:23:00 +0000, Willy Tarreau wrote: > >### Important note for users of Slackware 10.2 ### > > > >Grant Coady informed me that 2.4.33.1 did not boot for him. After a long > >series of tests from him and Pat Volkerding, it appeared that the problem > >is caused by glibc 2.3.6 wrongly detecting kernel version as 4.33.1 and > >mistakenly using the NTPL libs instead. > > > >Patrick has fixed the problem and will (has ?) send the fix to the glibc > >team. By now people using Slackware 10.2 must upgrade their glibc to > >glibc-solibs-2.3.5-i486-6_slack10.2.tgz if they want to run a 2.4.33.x > >kernel (user glibc-2.3.6 build -5 for -current). A workaround is either > >to rename /lib/tls or to rename the kernel to something different than > >4 numbers separated by dots. Since the problem is fixed, I don't intend > >to change the numbering. > > > >I dont think that this problem might affect many other distros since those > >shipping an NPTL-enabled libc with both 2.4 and 2.6 mainline are rare. If > >anyone else encounters the problem, Pat has the fix. > > Can anyone provide a URL to the glibc fix? > While I don't use Slackware and haven't been bitten by > the bug (yet), I want to review the fix for possible > inclusion in my glibc patch kit. > > /Mikael > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/