On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 03:29:54PM +1000, Nathan Scott wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 11:36:18PM +0100, Jonathan David Amery wrote: > > ... > > Recompiling libacl1 (itself an awkward task since the package itself > > segfaults in the middle when it is doing something to the postinst script) > > and installing the recompiled version fixes the problem.
> Given this statement, and the various others that suggest this may > alternatively be a kernel ABI issue, I have no reason to believe > theres actually anything wrong in the libacl package itself, nor > is there likely to any workaround that could be put into libacl. > As such, this bug is languishing assigned to libacl -- does anyone > have any suggestions as to where/how further progress could be made > on this bug? Is there a generic arm-port pseudo-package I could > reassign to? Should I just close it stating a different compiler > has resolved this (what compiler version was used above, Jonathan?)? > Any advice/suggestions, anyone? If it *is* a kernel ABI issue, it would be appropriate for the current libacl1 package in sarge to include a preinst check for the running kernel version to avoid installing a known-broken combination. Please see the libc6 preinst for an example of this. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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