Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4 versus glibc 2.1/2.2

2001-05-17 Thread Ewald Wasscher
David Douthitt wrote: >>I'd vote for 2.2. It may be bigger, but 2.1 will be unmaintained rather >>soon I'm afraid. So when we choose for glibc 2.1 we might end up with >>the same mess as we have for glibc 2.0 now in a year or so. Unless one >>of us is capable of backporting security fixes 2.2 is

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4 versus glibc 2.1/2.2

2001-05-17 Thread David Douthitt
Ewald Wasscher wrote: > > David Douthitt wrote: > > >Pim van Riezen wrote: > >>if I want to produce binaries I'll have to use three different > >>environments if I want to cater for all glibc variations. Now that > >>RH7/glibc2.2 is gaining acceptance that'll be four: > >> > >> libc5 > Is any

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4 versus glibc 2.1/2.2

2001-05-17 Thread George Metz
On Thu, 17 May 2001, David Douthitt wrote: > > Why I never went anywhere with mine was mostly because I sent out several > > e-mails to this list, and the lack of a response was almost deafening in > > it's silence. If I recall, not even you commented David. I assumed that > > people had weighed

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4 versus glibc 2.1/2.2

2001-05-17 Thread Ewald Wasscher
David Douthitt wrote: >Pim van Riezen wrote: > >>On Wed, 16 May 2001, David Douthitt wrote: >> >>>I must say I've been surprised at all the excitement over Linux >>>2.4. I've noticed that all of you kernel wizards are scrambling to >>>get Linux 2.4 installed on LRP, while glibc 2.1 gets igno

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4 versus glibc 2.1/2.2

2001-05-17 Thread David Douthitt
George Metz wrote: > Why I never went anywhere with mine was mostly because I sent out several > e-mails to this list, and the lack of a response was almost deafening in > it's silence. If I recall, not even you commented David. I assumed that > people had weighed the concept and decided it wasn'

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4 versus glibc 2.1/2.2

2001-05-17 Thread Pim van Riezen
On Wed, 16 May 2001, David Douthitt wrote: > Sounds like a good reason to shift from using glibc 2.0 to using glibc > 2.1 or 2.2. I, too, have seen teh MESS that comes from trying to > compile things for glibc 2.0. In particular, there are several > applications which don't seem like they'll co

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4 versus glibc 2.1/2.2

2001-05-16 Thread George Metz
On Wed, 16 May 2001, David Douthitt wrote: > I must say I've been surprised at all the excitement over Linux > 2.4. I've noticed that all of you kernel wizards are scrambling to > get Linux 2.4 installed on LRP, while glibc 2.1 gets ignored. Not entirely. I've got a newlibs.tgz sitting on m

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4 versus glibc 2.1/2.2

2001-05-16 Thread David Douthitt
Pim van Riezen wrote: > > On Wed, 16 May 2001, David Douthitt wrote: > > > I must say I've been surprised at all the excitement over Linux > > 2.4. I've noticed that all of you kernel wizards are scrambling to > > get Linux 2.4 installed on LRP, while glibc 2.1 gets ignored. > For me, it's

Re: [Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4 versus glibc 2.1/2.2

2001-05-16 Thread Pim van Riezen
On Wed, 16 May 2001, David Douthitt wrote: > I must say I've been surprised at all the excitement over Linux > 2.4. I've noticed that all of you kernel wizards are scrambling to > get Linux 2.4 installed on LRP, while glibc 2.1 gets ignored. > > To me, Linux 2.4 offers only this: > > * State

[Leaf-devel] Linux 2.4 versus glibc 2.1/2.2

2001-05-16 Thread David Douthitt
I must say I've been surprised at all the excitement over Linux 2.4. I've noticed that all of you kernel wizards are scrambling to get Linux 2.4 installed on LRP, while glibc 2.1 gets ignored. To me, Linux 2.4 offers only this: * Stateful firewalling We don't see question after question on