Lionel Élie Mamane
2024-12-03 14:50:01 UTC
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PermalinkFYI I upgraded
linux-libc-dev 6.1.115-1 -> 6.1.119-1
base-files 13.5 -> 13.6
libnss-systemd 256.7-3 -> 257~rc3-1
libpam-systemd 256.7-3 -> 257~rc3-1
libsystemd-shared 256.7-3 -> 257~rc3-1
libsystemd0 256.7-3 -> 257~rc3-1
linux-image-powerpc64le-64k 6.10.11-1~bpo12+1 -> 6.11.5-1~bpo12+1
systemd 256.7-3 -> 257~rc3-1
systemd-timesyncd 256.7-3 -> 257~rc3-1
and a bunch of "does not look involved in boot / system startup" stuff
(firefox, LibreOffice, samba, rdiff, ghostscript, ...), ... and my
Raptor Blackbird didn't boot anymore. Startup stuff (I mean
systemd-managed services) would scroll by, the console screen (on the
builtin AST 2500) would go grey, startup stuff scrolls by, grey
screen, loop (very fast, several times per second). The machine would
__not__ respond to SSH connections. Also not in "recovery mode" (not
sure what that does nowadays??),
I booted into a Debian install media in rescue mode, chrooted into
my install, and force-downgraded userspace everything (but not the
kernel) to bookworm / bookworm-backports. The machine now boots
fine. (The downgrade was a bit adventurous, some libs (foo.so.N files)
were missing although the package was installed because the libfooNt64
package "Replaces: libfooN" and thus the file was deleted when
libfooNt64 got uninstalled; solved by forcing a (second) reinstall of
libfooN), but in the end, it works now.
I don't have enough detail that I can file a bug report, but if you
run ppc64el, beware.