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

[Sterling Windmill]

If this is a production machine I'd recommend trying it on a non production
machine first.

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Hristo Benev <foxb at abv.bg> wrote:

>
> 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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