> > Hi guys, > > > > I'm about to commit a patch to trunk that downgrades stdenv on Linux from > > glibc 2.12 to 2.5. That change is required, because all glibc versions > > after that have a bug that prevents them from being run with kernel > > 2.4.x, which is the kernel I'm stuck with on my SuSE host system. > > Updating to Linux 2.6.x is not an option on that machine, I'm afraid, > > because my floppy disk drive requires some proprietary kernel driver > > that I can't recompile. > > > > Anyway, I reckon many people will have that problem, and I'd like to fix > > it pro-actively rather than wait for the bug reports to pour in. > > > > Does anyone mind that change? > > April 1?
It must be (April 1) .... "minor stdenv downgrade" indeed! But like all good April 1 jokes it had me convinced at first ... well done! _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.cs.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
