caution with latest kernel + glibc

Horst von Brand vonbrand at inf.utfsm.cl
Mon Feb 6 14:52:34 UTC 2006


Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat.com> wrote:
> Those who are running the current rawhide kernel and glibc (and
> coreutils or those trying to compile glibc for themselves) might find
> that their kernel locks up.  One bug in this area (I think there is more
> than one) is fixed by the patch in
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=178558
> 
> The 1909 kernel and later will likely have the patch.  For now it might
> be best to use glibc-2.3.90-30 and nothing later or alternatively live
> with the lockups for today.  The fixed kernel is hopefully in tomorrow's
> rawhide.

How about vanilla kernels?
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