[gentoo-dev] dropping support for <linux-2.6.16 on glibc systems

[gentoo-dev] dropping support for <linux-2.6.16 on glibc systems

[Mike Frysinger]

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our glibc versions long ago stopped working with linux-2.4 due to NPTL being 
required.  further, we've long set the min kernel version to 2.6.9 in the 
ebuild itself.  so bumping it to 2.6.16 isn't a stretch.

the driving force here is that glibc upstream is looking to set the min kernel 
version to 2.6.16.  if there's no real incentive for us to support anything 
older, then we'll follow suite.
-mike

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Re: [gentoo-dev] dropping support for <linux-2.6.16 on glibc systems

[Florian Philipp]

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Am 09.05.2012 15:47, schrieb Mike Frysinger:
> our glibc versions long ago stopped working with linux-2.4 due to NPTL being 
> required.  further, we've long set the min kernel version to 2.6.9 in the 
> ebuild itself.  so bumping it to 2.6.16 isn't a stretch.
> 
> the driving force here is that glibc upstream is looking to set the min kernel 
> version to 2.6.16.  if there's no real incentive for us to support anything 
> older, then we'll follow suite.
> -mike

Can you please keep an old version in the tree? Masked if necessary.
There are still virtual private server hosts out there using 2.6.9
(usually old Red Hat or SuSE servers) and with OpenVZ you cannot deploy
your own kernel.

Regards,
Florian Philipp


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Re: [gentoo-dev] dropping support for <linux-2.6.16 on glibc systems

[Mike Frysinger]

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On Thursday 10 May 2012 15:01:06 Florian Philipp wrote:
> Am 09.05.2012 15:47, schrieb Mike Frysinger:
> > our glibc versions long ago stopped working with linux-2.4 due to NPTL
> > being required.  further, we've long set the min kernel version to 2.6.9
> > in the ebuild itself.  so bumping it to 2.6.16 isn't a stretch.
> > 
> > the driving force here is that glibc upstream is looking to set the min
> > kernel version to 2.6.16.  if there's no real incentive for us to
> > support anything older, then we'll follow suite.
> 
> Can you please keep an old version in the tree? Masked if necessary.
> There are still virtual private server hosts out there using 2.6.9
> (usually old Red Hat or SuSE servers) and with OpenVZ you cannot deploy
> your own kernel.

it takes a while for older versions to expire from the main tree, and when 
they do, they just get shifted to the toolchain overlay.  so it should be easy 
for you to add that overlay and pull older glibcs from there.

for example, there's a glibc-2.9 ebuild still which has been around for 3 
years at this point, so consider this a 3 year notice :P.
-mike

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