On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 09:59:41AM +0000, Natanael Copa wrote: > On 9/22/09, Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:05:14PM +0200, Natanael Copa wrote: > ... > >> sed -i -e 's/EXTRAVERSION = \.6/EXTRAVERSION = .7/' \ > >> patch-2.6.30.6-vs2.3.0.36.14-pre8.diff \ > >> > patch-2.6.30.7-vs2.3.0.36.14-pre8.diff > >> and upload that? > > nope, that would be untested and that's not the way we > > do it .. besides anybody can ignore/fix a kernel version > > change easily ... > It helps people who build precompiled packages for distros. how would uploading untested patches help them? > > 2.6.30.x is not long term supported (yet) and so we > > moved on to the 2.6.31 kernel, why not use that version > > instead? > Because upgrading to 2.6.x releases will almost for sure break things > for users. Upgrading from 2.6.x.y will normally fix more things for > users than it breaks things. well, it is correct that some 2.6.x releases are not the perfect thing, but without testing, there will be no 2.6.x.y release either :) > I don't switch from 2.6.30.y to 2.6.31.y just before a new distro > release, alpine 1.9. that means, you are targeting (as debian usually does) a kernel which will be gone and forgotten in a few weeks from now ... interesting aproach ... > >> It builds here atleast. > > that's good to know, does it boot and work too? > I haven't rolled it out for production yet but the testsript works: > . > alpine-netbook:~$ sudo bash testme.sh > Linux-VServer Test [V0.17] Copyright (C) 2003-2006 H.Poetzl > chcontext is working. > chbind is working. > Linux 2.6.30.7-vs2.3.0.36.14-pre8 #1 SMP Thu Sep 24 11:52:00 UTC 2009 i686 > Ea 0.30.216 273/glibc (Sa) <v13,net,v21,v22,v23,netv2> > VCI: 0002:0304 273 13000fb1 (TbsPHIW) > --- > [000]# succeeded. > [001]# succeeded. > [011]# succeeded. > [031]# succeeded. > [101]# succeeded. > [102]# succeeded. > [201]# succeeded. > [202]# succeeded. > Btw.... that glibc notice up there is wrong. It is uclibc. what does 'vserver-info - SYSINFO' give? best, Herbert > -- > Natanael Copa