Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-04-01 Thread Florian Philipp
Florian Philipp schrieb: Hi list! A quick question: If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask ...), are there issues I should be aware of? Do I have to mask newer glibc-versions, newer kernel headers or some use flags? What about the nptl use flag?

[gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-03-26 Thread Florian Philipp
Hi list! A quick question: If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask ...), are there issues I should be aware of? Do I have to mask newer glibc-versions, newer kernel headers or some use flags? What about the nptl use flag? Thanks in advance! Florian Philipp

Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-03-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 26 March 2009 19:47:05 Florian Philipp wrote: Hi list! A quick question: If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask ...), Wow. That kernel is what 4? 5? years old are there issues I should be aware of? Plenty. First off, udev is unlikely to work

Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-03-26 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 18:47 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: Hi list! A quick question: If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask ...), are there issues I should be aware of? Do I have to mask newer glibc-versions, newer kernel headers or some use flags? What

Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-03-26 Thread Florian Philipp
Alan McKinnon schrieb: On Thursday 26 March 2009 19:47:05 Florian Philipp wrote: Hi list! A quick question: If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask ...), Wow. That kernel is what 4? 5? years old Yep, I was surprised myself. It is a virtual machine

Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-03-26 Thread Florian Philipp
Albert Hopkins schrieb: On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 18:47 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: Hi list! A quick question: If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask ...), are there issues I should be aware of? OTOH if pull in a really old revision of the portage tree that

Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-03-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 26 March 2009 20:41:38 Florian Philipp wrote: Alan McKinnon schrieb: On Thursday 26 March 2009 19:47:05 Florian Philipp wrote: Hi list! A quick question: If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask ...), Wow. That kernel is what 4? 5? years

Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-03-26 Thread Florian Philipp
Alan McKinnon schrieb: On Thursday 26 March 2009 20:41:38 Florian Philipp wrote: Alan McKinnon schrieb: On Thursday 26 March 2009 19:47:05 Florian Philipp wrote: Hi list! A quick question: If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask ...), Wow. That kernel is

Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-03-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 26 March 2009 21:30:57 Florian Philipp wrote: About a year ago a company I worked for was consulted to maintain a hospital admin system running on SLES of about that era in a VM. We told them to upgrade or find somebody else. They went off on their merry way to find somebody