Package: libc6 Version: 2.9-12 Severity: normal
glibc-2.9 unnecssarily breaks compatibility with older kernels and eventfd/signalfd. with glibc-2.7 and 2.8, eventfd and signalfd work with kernels <2.6.27, as they call the old syscall number. glibc-2.9 *only* calls the newer syscall number. that means that programs that could get eventfd's/signalfds with an older libcs cannot do so with newer ones, even though the kernel supports it. it would be better if glibc fell back to the old syscall when the new one returns ENOSYS, or calls the old one first if flags == 0. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages libc6 depends on: ii libgcc1 1:4.4.0-1~exp1 GCC support library libc6 recommends no packages. Versions of packages libc6 suggests: hi glibc-doc 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Documentation hi locales 2.9-12 GNU C Library: National Language ( -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
