On Monday 14 November 2005 16:26, James Kosin wrote: > Steve Snyder wrote: > > >On Monday 14 November 2005 16:00, Jesse Keating wrote: > > > >>On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 15:53 -0500, Steve Snyder wrote: > >> > >>>Are there any known compatibility problems with the current i686 glibc > >>>packages (released yesterday) and a plain-vanilla 2.4.3x kernel? Any > >>>loss of functionality or other Bad Stuff(tm)? > >>> > >>Unfortunately this isn't really part of our QA tests, so I don't think > >>there is a yes or a no that could come from the Legacy Project itself. > >>However a user may have already tried it... > > > > > >Yeah, I figured the testing was done in a purely RedHat/Legacy > >environment. I'm hoping another subscriber to the list is in a position > >similar to mine. > > I'd like to know why you think the kernel relies on the glibc version? > What is it that has changed that effects the kernel. > >James Kosin >(Running FC1 with generic 2.4.32 kernel) My thinking is the other way around. Not that glibc affects the kernel, but that RedHat-vintage glibc expects services/functionality provided by RedHat's patches to the 2.4.20 kernel. I'd be even more concerned if running FC1, given RH's NPTL patches. >From the above note, though, that seems not to be an issue. Thanks for the response. -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list
