this work-around will make program think they run on top of 2.6.x kernel, which might be a bug if the program does have special behavior for 3.x.y
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 14:12 +0200, Yoram Bar Haim wrote: > > using 3.x instead of 3.x.0 (when minor-minor version is 0) is done by > > kernel.org, so I suppose it makes sense for Debian to follow this > > scheme. > > Actually, the '.0' is still included if you build a kernel without any > stable updates and without Debian patches. But the '3.2.0' in wheezy > sometimes confuses people into thinking we aren't applying any stable > updates. I reckoned that userland in wheezy would be ready for 3.x > releases and so it would be safe to drop the third part in jessie. > > By the way, the kernel has a workaround for programs that can't handle > 3.x.y releases, which also works for 3.x. Use setarch with the > --uname-2.6 option. > > Ben. > > > it may be a good idea to run a test that logs all components calling > > uname, so they can be checked for version scheme bugs. > > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Lior Kaplan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Just FYI, as you might be interested in > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=722145 > > > > > > Kaplan > > > > > > > > -- > Ben Hutchings > Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain. - Lily Tomlin >
