a more permenant solution to /lib/tls.disabled

a more permenant solution to /lib/tls.disabled

[James Harper]

Almost every time I do an 'apt-get upgrade' or 'apt-get dist-upgrade', I
get a new /lib/tls, and because I never log in at the console it often
gets forgotten.

Is there any general (or Debian specific) solution to preventing the
creation of /lib/tls, that won't break anything else?

Thanks

James

Re: a more permenant solution to /lib/tls.disabled

[Marcin Owsiany]

On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 11:06:12AM +1100, James Harper wrote:
> Almost every time I do an 'apt-get upgrade' or 'apt-get dist-upgrade', I
> get a new /lib/tls, and because I never log in at the console it often
> gets forgotten.
> 
> Is there any general (or Debian specific) solution to preventing the
> creation of /lib/tls, that won't break anything else?

If you use sid, you can have /lib/tls by creating custom libc6:

apt-get source glibc
cd glibc*
vi debian/rules # add -mno-tls-direct-seg-refs to both _CFLAGS definition
dch -v old.version.0.xen.1 "Make a nosegneg version for xen"
pdebuild # go for a walk or have a nice cup of tea
dpkg -i /var/cache/pbuilder/DEBS-YOU-NEED.deb
echo libc6 hold | dpkg --set-selections

Of course y0u can use simply "apt-get build-dep libc6 &&
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us" instead of pbuilder, and make nice
apt preferences stanzas instead of simple hold..

Marcin
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Re: a more permenant solution to /lib/tls.disabled

[Goetz Bock]

On Sun, Feb 26 '06 at 11:06, James Harper wrote:
> Almost every time I do an 'apt-get upgrade' or 'apt-get dist-upgrade', I
> get a new /lib/tls, and because I never log in at the console it often
> gets forgotten.
You could divert them

cd /lib/tls
for i in * 
    do dpkg-divert --add --local --divert /lib/tls.disabled/$i /lib/tls/$i 
done
cd ..
mv tls tls.disabled
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