On 16 Dec 2003, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > Oleg Goldshmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > http://kerneltrap.org/comment/reply/1574 > > > > Note that Ulrich Drepper says there that Fedora Core 1 and RHEL3 > > should not have the problem. Shachar says that RHAS3 is slow - > > question is, whether or not that is the same kernel as RHEL3 uses, and > > which version Ulrich actually meant (he raises the point of kernel > > version numbers, then provides benchmarks without any indication of > > versions...). > > > > So in the 7.2 vs 9 case, can the client grab the kernel RPM from > > Fedora Core 1, rpm -ivh it reboot, and compare again? > > Eh, it might be more involved. Look at the last posting from Jakub > Jelinek in the URL above: "Ulrich meant glibc CVS HEAD." > > Makes sense: NPTL is split between the kernel and glibc. Jakub is, > IIRC, the glibc maintainer at Red Hat. The posting is from Nov 5, the > latest glibc erratum is from Nov 13, > > https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-325.html > > It is not clear from the description if this includes the locking > patch. I don't know how dangerous it is to upgrade glibc on RH9 to > Fedora's version. I would not do it on a mission-critical machine.
and i would not do it on _any_ system - unless i am realy bored, and want to see "what if" at work ;) it's fix-able - but what will the user gain from this excersize? -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
