[linux-latest] 02/02: linux-image: Delete NEWS for version 76 about vsyscall changes, to be reverted

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commit 8a1f80184621dbd29c19358ac63b98a897d02980
Author: Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Sun Dec 18 02:47:02 2016 +0000

    linux-image: Delete NEWS for version 76 about vsyscall changes, to be reverted
    
    The disabling of vsyscalls will be reverted as it breaks stable dietlibc.
---
 debian/changelog        | 2 --
 debian/linux-image.NEWS | 5 -----
 2 files changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 24918aa..c270edc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 linux-latest (78) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
-  * linux-image: Expand NEWS for version 76 about vsyscall changes
-    (Closes: #847154)
   * debian/rules: Use dpkg-parsechangelog -S option to select fields
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>  Tue, 06 Dec 2016 23:54:10 +0000
diff --git a/debian/linux-image.NEWS b/debian/linux-image.NEWS
index 1f4e5c4..1f77438 100644
--- a/debian/linux-image.NEWS
+++ b/debian/linux-image.NEWS
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@ linux-latest (76) unstable; urgency=medium
     configuration to 'harden' the system, i.e. to mitigate security bugs.
     Some changes may cause legitimate applications to fail, and can be
     reverted by run-time configuration:
-    - On 64-bit PCs (amd64), the old 'virtual syscall' interface is
-      disabled.  This breaks chroot environments and containers that
-      use (e)glibc 2.13 and earlier, including those based on Debian 7
-      or RHEL/CentOS 6.  To re-enable it, set the kernel parameter:
-      vsyscall=emulate
     - On most architectures, the /dev/mem device can no longer be used to
       access devices that also have a kernel driver.  This breaks dosemu
       and some old user-space graphics drivers.  To allow this, set the

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