Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-04-01 Thread Florian Philipp
Florian Philipp schrieb: > Hi list! > > A quick question: > > If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask > ...), are there issues I should be aware of? > > Do I have to mask newer glibc-versions, newer kernel headers or some use > flags? What about the nptl use flag?

Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-03-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 26 March 2009 21:30:57 Florian Philipp wrote: > > About a year ago a company I worked for was consulted to maintain a > > hospital admin system running on SLES of about that era in a VM. We told > > them to upgrade or find somebody else. They went off on their merry way > > to find som

Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-03-26 Thread Florian Philipp
Alan McKinnon schrieb: > On Thursday 26 March 2009 20:41:38 Florian Philipp wrote: >> Alan McKinnon schrieb: >>> On Thursday 26 March 2009 19:47:05 Florian Philipp wrote: Hi list! A quick question: If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask

Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-03-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 26 March 2009 20:41:38 Florian Philipp wrote: > Alan McKinnon schrieb: > > On Thursday 26 March 2009 19:47:05 Florian Philipp wrote: > >> Hi list! > >> > >> A quick question: > >> > >> If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask > >> ...), > > > > Wow. That ke

Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-03-26 Thread Florian Philipp
Albert Hopkins schrieb: > On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 18:47 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: >> Hi list! >> >> A quick question: >> >> If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask >> ...), are there issues I should be aware of? >> > OTOH if pull in a really old revision of the port

Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-03-26 Thread Florian Philipp
Alan McKinnon schrieb: > On Thursday 26 March 2009 19:47:05 Florian Philipp wrote: >> Hi list! >> >> A quick question: >> >> If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask >> ...), > > Wow. That kernel is what 4? 5? years old Yep, I was surprised myself. It is a virtual m

Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-03-26 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 18:47 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: > Hi list! > > A quick question: > > If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask > ...), are there issues I should be aware of? > > Do I have to mask newer glibc-versions, newer kernel headers or some use > flag

Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-03-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 26 March 2009 19:47:05 Florian Philipp wrote: > Hi list! > > A quick question: > > If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask > ...), Wow. That kernel is what 4? 5? years old > are there issues I should be aware of? Plenty. First off, udev is unlikely t