On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 10:39:10AM +0200, Christian Hammers wrote: > On 2007-04-09 Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 01:28:18PM +0200, Christian Hammers wrote: > > > > Mmm, guess I wasn't clear -- I mean that there's no point in trying to > > > > work > > > > on this bug, because lenny *as a whole* will not support 2.4 kernels. > > > > (the > > > > glibc maintainers are eager to drop LinuxThreads support, which means > > > > lenny > > > > will stop supporting threading on 2.4 within days/weeks of the etch > > > > release.)
> > > What I feared was the upgrade process itself. I guess that mysql and the > > > new 2.6 kernel will get installed in the same "apt-get dist-upgrade" run > > > and thus if mysql-server-5.0 hangs and the user presses ctrl-c he is left > > > with a half broken system. > > It *doesn't* *matter*. Running etch with a 2.4 kernel is not officially > > supported; > I talk about the upgrade from *sarge* to etch! > The bug report was against the etch version of mysql No, it wasn't; it was reported against a version of mysql that was only in sid. Now if there's a reason to believe it also applies to the etch version of the package, then ok; but that's not the version it was filed against. -- 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/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
