Re: glibc and kernel update

[Rik van Riel <H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl>]

On 25 Jun 1998, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> RR> I still haven't resolved the problems between glibc, the
> RR> 2.1 kernel series and pppd :(
> 
> RR> Now I got a new idea: Since most of the kernel interfaces
> RR> go through glibc, does this mean that I have to get the
> RR> glibc source and recompile the whole thing in order to get
> RR> working ppp with a 2.1 kernel?
> 
> Just what problem are you having?

Pppd dies with "This kernel doesn't support PPP", while it
most certainly _does_. I traced it back to a socket operation
which isn't exported properly through glibc...

> I just got 2.3.5 to compile with glibc, but I haven't had a chance to
> test it yet..

It compiles perfectly. It just doesn't run ;(

Rik.
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