[Bug 1816846] Re: segfault in libc-2.23.so netinstall installation pxe

[Trent Lloyd]

Can we get confirmation that this won't be fixed in terms of fixing
older images, and that the correct solution (as suggested by Adam
Conrad) is to update to the latest 'xenial-updates' netboot image?

And if so, change the bug status from Confirmed to something else (not
sure if Fix Released or Won't Fix is appropriate, given the general
issue is using the old netboot images)


>From a usability standpoint, I briefly considered if people are likely
to download netboot images from the "xenial" pocket rather than the
"xenial-updates" pocket which will no longer work. If someone navigates
to the archive manually that seems likely, however, on a search I have
found most of the documentation found with a quick google search for
"Ubuntu Netboot" points to the download location as
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/xenial/ - which does point to the
xenial-updates pocket.

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Title:
  segfault in libc-2.23.so netinstall installation pxe

Status in glibc package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I have implemented a PXE server in Virtualbox 6.0.4 to perform
  automatic installations of different versions of Linux (particularly
  Ubuntu).

  Until a few hours ago I could perform the automatic installation of
  Ubuntu Server 16.04.5 on a VM, but after updating libc6-udeb
  (2.23-0ubuntu11), I get the following error:

  kernel: [  186.927962] sh[8177]: segfault at 18 ip 00007fc21ff438df sp
  00007ffe594a5e80 error 4 in libc-2.23.so[7fc21ff23000+1c0000]

  I don't know how to fetch the installation log, so I attach a
  screenshot.

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