On Fri, 2015-12-04 at 14:04 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > 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. [...]
RHEL 6 has 2.6.32 (with about 10,000 patches on top); RHEL 7 has 3.10 (although I've heard that it's closer to 3.12). SLES11 SP1 had 2.6.32, but later service packs updated the kernel to 3.0 and I don't believe SP1 is really supported any more. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. - Harrison
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