RHL9 glibc update OK with vanilla kernel?

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On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 03:53:15PM -0500, Steve Snyder wrote:
> Are there any known compatibility problems with the current i686 glibc 
> packages (released yesterday) and a plain-vanilla 2.4.3x kernel?  Any 
> loss of functionality or other Bad Stuff(tm)?

I don't believe there are any problems with recent vanilla 2.4 kernels
with "current" RH9 glibc packages -- just the ones that are always
there.  :)

Basically, you'll only have problems with NPTL, the threading library. 
RH's kernels have this backported to 2.4, and it really is
MoreBetter(tm).  Unfortunately, there are a few quirks if you're not
using a NPTL-enabled kernel.

The main problem you'll see is in things that use Berkley DB -- if you 
get rid of the NPTL kernel, some features of bdb won't work properly.  
Bogofilter and subversion are affected by this.  I'm not aware of any 
workarounds other than to build your own bdb.

FC1 behaves better than RH9 in this manner, but it still has a few
quirks.  

..You may be better off backporting the GigE driver to the RH9 kernel; 
it all depends on what you do with the box.

 - Solomon 
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Solomon Peachy        				 ICQ: 1318344
Melbourne, FL 					 
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