Bug 42810

Summary:	emerge glibc-2.3.3_pre* failed on vmware 4.0.5 build 6030 with gentoo as a guest OS
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Tuan Van (RETIRED) <langthang>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Please assign to toolchain <gcc-porting>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	mholzer
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=130881
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Tuan Van (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-02-24 14:39:46 UTC

emerge glibc-2.3.3_pre* fail with
!!! FAILED postinst: 2816

after that, most of the shell script will segmentfault. On reboot, system hang with:

init: panic: segmentation violation at 0x804de6d! sleeping for 30 seconds.

no problem with the latest glibc-2.3.2

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Setup Gentoo as guest OS on vmware version 4.0.5 build 6030.
2. ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge glibc
3.

Comment 1 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-03-19 02:20:23 UTC

dont install base system with unstable.

install stable, then change keyword to unstable, then upgrade (see install docs)