On 03/08/14 16:16, Mike Frysinger wrote: > upstream glibc has dropped support for older Linux kernels. your choices: > - upgrade your kernel > - switch to a different C library > - stick with glibc-2.19 for a while > > be warned though there are no plans atm to backport things to glibc-2.19. > this includes security fixes, but more importantly as time moves on, making > newer gcc versions sanely compile glibc. we've kept older glibc versions > around to be nice, and on a part time basis for cross-compiling, but none of > those are given priority. i.e. fixes come as people feel like doing them. > > certainly once glibc-2.20+ goes stable, there is no expectation let alone > requirement that packages in the tree be kept working with older glibc > versions. the maintenance cost there is unreasonable. > > i guess if you're stuck on old crap, now would be a good time to start > preparing to unstick your crap. glibc-2.20 will most likely be in ~arch in > the next 6 months. > -mike
use of 2.6.32 needs ~sys-fs/udev-208 (kept around for late 2.6.32 patchsets) use of current udev needs at least 2.6.39 for CONFIG_FHANDLE so there's more problems with running such a old kernel than just glibc just saying
