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Re: Community source repository for glibc add-on ports branch, master, updated. glibc-2.15-46-g8c7adf8
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: rth at sourceware dot org
- Cc: libc-ports at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 01:36:04 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Re: Community source repository for glibc add-on ports branch, master, updated. glibc-2.15-46-g8c7adf8
- References: <20120209010519.12780.qmail@sourceware.org>
On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, rth@sourceware.org wrote:
> +# Local configure fragment for sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha
> +
> +# There are several bits that no longer compile cleanly without
> +# realtime signal support (ver 2.2.0). Given that we also now
> +# require TLS (ver 2.6.0), it seems pointless to fix them.
> +# ??? Surely this should now be the generic default.
> +arch_minimum_kernel=2.6.0
Yes, I think it should be the generic default - but Roland was concerned
some people might be using 2.4 (presumably with TLS backports, as in the
RHEL3 kernel, I think) and bug 13554 was closed WONTFIX. So for now
pre-2.6 kernels are on the deprecation list to be reconsidered for removal
after 2.16 <http://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Deprecation>.
It would be a matter for libc-alpha not libc-ports, but I don't see any
reasonable objection to removing support for 2.0-2.3 kernels and assuming
2.4 as minimum - as an interim step before probably removing 2.4 and 2.5
support after 2.16. And of course it's fine for architecture maintainers
to increase the minimum kernels for their architectures as they think
appropriate.
Do you also need the
libc_cv_gcc_unwind_find_fde=yes
setting for alpha that was removed from the Linux configure script as part
of the removal of relics of ports architectures from libc done at the time
of the IA64 removal - and the
libc_commonpagesize=0x10000
libc_relro_required=yes
settings that were in the toplevel configure script for alpha?
--
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com