Bug#499689: libc6: Now that lenny is frozen, glibc should (?) have a newer version in MIN_KERNEL_SUPPORTED
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 01:43:59PM +0300, Stefanos Harhalakis wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.7-13
> Severity: normal
>
>
> Hello there,
>
> Now that lenny is frozen shouldn't glibc depend to a newer (2.6.26) kernel
> version? Currently, MIN_KERNEL_SUPPORTED is set to 2.6.9 and (as you know)
> leaves out some newer features.
>
What are the features you have in mind?
We will probably increase the MIN_KERNEL_SUPPORTED kernel, but 2.6.26 is
clearly too strong. Not everyone is using a Debian kernel. We will
probably increase that to 2.6.18 (the version in etch) instead.
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