Subject: Re: [vserver] how badly is etch vserver out of date?
From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:23:43 +0100

On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 11:03:35PM +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> 
> I'll have to build a new production server (amd64, etch) and would
> like to know how badly the official debian util-vserver and the vserver
> kernels are lagging, and whether just updating the util-vserver would
> be enough.
> 
> Right now 2.6.18-5-vserver-amd64 seems to be current, according
> to vserver-info, below is is also official. 

2.6.22/vs2.2.0.5 is current (and in backports)

> nitrogen:~# vserver-info
> Versions:
>                    Kernel: 2.6.18-5-vserver-amd64
>                    VS-API: 0x00020002
>              util-vserver: 0.30.213; Jun 23 2007, 06:49:07

0.30.214 (and soon 0.30.215) is current (and should be in backports too)

> Features:
> 		       CC: gcc, gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)
>                       CXX: g++, g++ (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)

not sure that a prerelease gcc is a good idea :)

>                  CPPFLAGS: ''
>                    CFLAGS: '-Wall -g  -O2 -std=c99 -Wall -pedantic -W -funit-at-a-time'
>                  CXXFLAGS: '-g -O2 -ansi -Wall -pedantic -W -fmessage-length=0 -funit-at-a-time'
>                build/host: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>              Use dietlibc: yes
>        Build C++ programs: yes
>        Build C99 programs: yes
>            Available APIs: compat,v11,fscompat,v13,net,v21,oldproc,olduts
>             ext2fs Source: e2fsprogs
>     syscall(2) invocation: alternative
>       vserver(2) syscall#: 236/glibc
> 
> Paths:
>                    prefix: /usr
>         sysconf-Directory: /etc
>             cfg-Directory: /etc/vservers
>          initrd-Directory: $(sysconfdir)/init.d
>        pkgstate-Directory: /var/run/vservers
>           vserver-Rootdir: /var/lib/vservers
> 
> 
> Assumed 'SYSINFO' as no other option given; try '--help' for more information.

HTH,
Herbert

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