> > What is the latest version of Fossil that will run on the 2.6.x line of > > Linux kernels? > > I regularly run Fossil on CentOS 5, which still ships kernel 2.6.18.
As do I. > > Can't compile off trunk and I don't know why. > > We don't know why, either, since you didn't include the error message > you got. That error message was pasted in another thread. When I type ./configure, I get an error message about permissions for `glob.tcl`. I responded to Richard's question about it and though he didn't bite on that one he did help me later by telling me the Makefile trick for which I'm grateful. I probably could have re-read the document about "building fossil" in the Wiki and spared the discussion on the mailing list, but hopefully this thread will be useful anyway. The "glob.tcl permissions error" seems like an autosetup issue. I must admit that I don't understand Fossil's need for autosetup -- at least for Linux. It's probably there for Windows or other inferior OS. (autosetup does look like it could be a snazzy Autotools replacement) > The kernel you're running on almost certainly is not the problem. Most > likely, you're missing some local userspace facility: a library, header > file, tool, etc I agree with your reasoning, but here's the thing. On the Fossil "Downloads" page (the one with the staticly linked binaries that "just work") it specifically mentions "Linux 3.x" as the platform. When you try to run one of these binaries on a Linux 2.6 system you get a message that the binary is not supported by that version of Linux. If you want to run a static binary on Linux < 3.0 without compiling, there's no obvious way to do that on the Fossil web page. I'm comfortable with compiling and don't care, but others may not be in the same situation. _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
