Re: Linux 2.4.33.2

["Nick Warne" <nick.warne@gmail.com>]

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 <mikpe@it.uu.se> 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
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