Jason Tubnor 🇦🇺 on Nostr: If you are a #FreeBSD #bhyve user running AMD hardware, that virtualises a Linux EL ...

If you are a #FreeBSD #bhyve user running AMD hardware, that virtualises a Linux EL distro, you are going to have a hard time upgrading to EL 9.5. This is due to regressions introduced by RedHat/Fedora with glibc. Fortunately, with the smart move that #AlmaLinux did in detaching itself from 'bug to bug' compatibility but remaining ABI compatible, is that these things can and do get fixed. I'll expand on this in a blog post but basically this will get you up and running (only available to AlmaLinux users):

# dnf config-manager --add-repo https://build.almalinux.org/pulp/content/builds/AlmaLinux-9-x86_64-22488-br/

# dnf update

# shutdown -r now

# dnf install 'dnf-command(versionlock)'

# dnf repoquery --installed  glibc
glibc-0:2.34-125.el9_5.1.alma.1.x86_64

# dnf versionlock add glibc
Last metadata expiration check: 3:56:00 ago on Sat 14 Dec 2024 04:49:29.
Adding versionlock on: glibc-0:2.34-125.el9_5.1.alma.1.\*