[Users] Debian libc update requres newer kernel ( was no subject)

[Hristo Benev]

Will that work...?

I do not know what functionality is required from kernel and is it backported to RHEL kernel.

Maybe I should just bite the bullet and try?!

Thanks

P.S. Putting Subject 


 >-------- Оригинално писмо --------
 >От:  tim Doyle 
 >Относно: Re: [Users] (no subject)
 >До: users at openvz.org
 >Изпратено на: Петък, 2011, Май 6 22:37:15 EEST

 >It is possible to change the kernel version reported by OpenVZ here:
 >
 >/proc/sys/kernel/virt_osrelease
 >
 >http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=msg&goto=15144&
 >
 >
 >-- 
 >Timothy Doyle
 >CEO
 >Quantact Hosting Solutions, Inc.
 >tim at quantact.com
 >http://www.quantact.com
 >
 >
 >On 05/06/2011 10:53 AM, Hristo Benev wrote:
 >>   Hi,
 >>
 >> I have following issue.
 >> My Host is running CentOS
 >> ============================================================
 >> cat /etc/redhat-release
 >> CentOS release 5.6 (Final)
 >>
 >> uname -a
 >> Linux server 2.6.18-238.9.1.el5.028stab089.1PAE #1 SMP Thu Apr 14 14:38:02 MSD 2011 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
 >> ===========================================================
 >>
 >> and some guests are Debian
 >>
 >> ===========================================================
 >> cat /etc/debian_version
 >> wheezy/sid
 >> ===========================================================
 >>
 >> Upgraded to Squeeze
 >>
 >> ==========================================================
 >>   cat /etc/apt/sources.list
 >> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free
 >> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-security squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
 >> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main non-free contrib
 >> #deb http://www.backports.org/debian squeeze-backports main contrib non-free
 >> deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian squeeze-updates main contrib
 >> ============================================================================
 >>
 >> When I try to upgrade I get following
 >>
 >> ============================================================================
 >>   apt-get upgrade
 >> Reading package lists... Done
 >> Building dependency tree
 >> Reading state information... Done
 >> You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
 >> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 >>   libc-dev-bin : Depends: libc6 (>  2.13) but 2.11.2-11 is installed
 >>   libc6 : Depends: libc-bin (= 2.11.2-11) but 2.13-2 is installed
 >>   libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.13-2) but 2.11.2-11 is installed
 >>   locales : Depends: glibc-2.13-1
 >>   nscd : Depends: libc6 (>  2.13) but 2.11.2-11 is installed
 >> E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
 >> ===========================================================================
 >>
 >> When using -f I get
 >>
 >> ==========================================================================
 >> WARNING: this version of the GNU libc requires kernel version
 >> 2.6.26 or later. Please upgrade your kernel before installing
 >> glibc.
 >>
 >> The installation of a 2.6 kernel _could_ ask you to install a new libc
 >> first, this is NOT a bug, and should *NOT* be reported. In that case,
 >> please add lenny sources to your /etc/apt/sources.list and run:
 >>    apt-get install -t lenny linux-image-2.6
 >> Then reboot into this new kernel, and proceed with your upgrade
 >> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.13-2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 >>   subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
 >> configured to not write apport reports
 >>                                        Errors were encountered while processing:
 >>   /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.13-2_i386.deb
 >> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
 >> ============================================================================
 >>
 >> So how to fix that?
 >> CentOS does not have more recent kernel (official/stable)?!
 >>
 >> Thanks,
 >>
 >>
 >>
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