Hi Aurélien, On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 10:06:11AM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > On 2015-12-03 17:33, James Cloos wrote: > > The latest glibc update breaks most sid installs on (typically leased) > > openvz platforms because it requires a newer kernel version that most > > openvz vendors advertize. > > Most openvz run on kernels based on 2.6.32, often with significant > > updates. These platforms are an important segment, given how affordable > > they are. And Debian "stable" is often too archaic for many needs which > > fit nicely on a small inexpensive server. > If you consider Debian "stable" as too archaic, I am missing words to > qualify a 2.6.32 kernel released in 2009. Prehistoric maybe? I was going to write something similar, with references to what other distributions are shipping; but in the course of investigating, I found that RHEL7 and SLES11 both shipped 2.6.32 kernels that are supported until 2020 and 2019 respectively. I don't think you have any obligation to support sid chroots on top of these OSes - it still runs on the oldest supported Ubuntu LTS release, so that's fine with me ;) - but I thought it was a fact worth mentioning. Yes, these kernels are archaic, but they're (unfortunately) not obsolete in all contexts. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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