[arch-dev-public] Minimum kernel version for glibc now 2.6.32
Allan McRae
allan at archlinux.org
Sun Feb 5 21:52:40 EST 2012
On 04/02/12 17:18, Allan McRae wrote:
> So... I was testing out some things in glibc with the minimum kernel
> set to 2.6.32 and forgot to change it back for today's bug fix build.
> As I am too lazy to rebuild again (which should be the basis for all
> development decisions), that means that our new minimum kernel
> requirement is 2.6.32!
>
> This actually fits in with my plan to keep this synced to the oldest
> kernel provided on the front page of kernel.org. I doubt there is much
> use of kernels 2.6.27 to 2.6.31 anyway...
>
> Other changes to glibc-2.15-5:
> - fix ifunc relocation issues on x86_64 (those math crashes)
> - fix AVX detection (should fix Xen PV on AVX hardware issues)
> - fix __nscd_get_mapping crash when nscd not running (e.g. chromium)
> - fix realloc usage in vfscanf
> - fix GB18030 charmap (only a 49081 line patch...)
>
> This should properly fix all reported (and even a few unreported) issues
> in our glibc package.
>
So this probably needs an announcement before I push it to core
=== BEGIN DRAFT ===
Minimum kernel requirement 2.6.32
>From the glibc-2.15-5 package, the minimum assumed kernel version will
be increased from 2.6.27 to 2.6.32. This reflects the oldest kernel
version still receiving updates upstream.
=== END DRAFT ===
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