Re: dracut-ng fix for glibc 2.44 fts regression — LoongArch build

[Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 26 Oct 2026, Adolf Belka wrote:

> Hi Vincent,
>
> I think the best thing is to implement the updated dracut. I had missed the 
> updates of this package and I note that dracut-ng-112 includes security 
> fixes.
>
> So I will issue an update for it and also add it to my nvchecker list so I 
> get informed when new versions are issued.
>

Thanks Adolf, that is good idea.

Vincent

> Regards,
>
> Adolf.
>
> On 26/10/2026 03:47, Vincent Li wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Michael,
>> 
>> Sorry, I deleted the email about the potential glibc 2.44 regression 
>> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34861, so I'm starting a 
>> new thread.
>>
>>  From https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34078, I confirmed 
>> that my LoongArch build environment needs the fix from 
>> https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng/pull/2394 to work around the glibc 
>> 2.44 issue. dracut-ng 112 already includes the fix.
>> 
>> Do you think it's a good idea to carry the dracut-ng fix in the IPFire 
>> build for LoongArch, even though the IPFire build environment doesn't 
>> currently experience this issue?
>> 
>> Best,
>> Vincent
>
>