[gentoo-dev] linux-headers-2.4.21

[gentoo-dev] linux-headers-2.4.21

[Kumba]

Heads up to ~x86 users, sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.21 has just been 
keyworded ~x86.  What this means is after installing the newer headers, 
it is advised that at the minimum, everyone re-merge glibc.  This will 
let glibc take advantage of new features in the 2.4.21 headers and such. 
  Others may want to go as far as a 'emerge -e world', but that's up to 
each user.

If anyone encounters bugs, report them to bugs.gentoo.org and be sure to 
CC me as well.


--Kumba

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Re: [gentoo-dev] linux-headers-2.4.21

[Patrick Kursawe]

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On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 02:16:42AM -0400, Kumba wrote:
> This will let glibc take advantage of new features in the 2.4.21 headers
> and such. 

Just curious: Which kind of features?

Wondering,

Patrick	

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Re: [gentoo-dev] linux-headers-2.4.21

[Kumba]

Patrick Kursawe wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 02:16:42AM -0400, Kumba wrote:
> Just curious: Which kind of features?

I myself don't know the specifics, but I do know the Gentoo/Hardened 
team has been waiting for these headers, as they implement a feature 
needed for SE Linux.  The old 2.4.19 headers lacked this feature, so I 
believe when glibc was rebuilt and realized it was using 2.4.19 headers, 
it created stubs for these features, whereas with 2.4.21 headers, glibc 
actually implements them.


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Re: [gentoo-dev] linux-headers-2.4.21

[Chris PeBenito]

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On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 02:00, Kumba wrote:
> Patrick Kursawe wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 02:16:42AM -0400, Kumba wrote:
> > Just curious: Which kind of features?

> needed for SE Linux.  The old 2.4.19 headers lacked this feature, so I 
> believe when glibc was rebuilt and realized it was using 2.4.19 headers, 
> it created stubs for these features, whereas with 2.4.21 headers, glibc 
> actually implements them.

Correct.  In this case, the functions are for extended attributes.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] linux-headers-2.4.21

[Andrew Gaffney]

Kumba wrote:
> Heads up to ~x86 users, sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.21 has just been 
> keyworded ~x86.  What this means is after installing the newer headers, 
> it is advised that at the minimum, everyone re-merge glibc.  This will 
> let glibc take advantage of new features in the 2.4.21 headers and such. 
>  Others may want to go as far as a 'emerge -e world', but that's up to 
> each user.

Does it hurt anything to compile glibc against 2.4.x headers while running a 2.6.x kernel?

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Re: [gentoo-dev] linux-headers-2.4.21

[Matthew Kennedy]

Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@technaut.darktalker.net> writes:

> Kumba wrote:
>> Heads up to ~x86 users, sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.21 has just
>> been keyworded ~x86.  What this means is after installing the newer
>> headers, it is advised that at the minimum, everyone re-merge glibc.
>> This will let glibc take advantage of new features in the 2.4.21
>> headers and such.  Others may want to go as far as a 'emerge -e
>> world', but that's up to each user.
>
> Does it hurt anything to compile glibc against 2.4.x headers while running a 2.6.x kernel?

[...]

I think that's what you've been doing already ;)

Matt (an ex-2.6.0_test* user :-/)

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