Bug#245643: libc6: problem with $kernel_ver in preinst

[Mark Horn]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 07:46:15PM -0700, Jeff Bailey wrote:
>The simplest workaround would be to write a quick shell script that replaces
>uname.

That worked:

        $ sudo bash
        Password:
        # mv /bin/uname /bin/uname.orig
        # cat << EOF > /bin/uname
        #!/bin/sh

        /bin/uname.orig $* | sed 's/2.4.20mh04/2.4.20/'
        EOF
        # chmod 755 /bin/uname
        # apt-get upgrade

Thanks
- Mark