On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 23:40, Spider wrote: > begin quote > On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 16:29:10 -0500 > Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I can tell who lived through the a.out -> ELF transition... *BSD > > waited quite a while longer than Linux. > > > > Or even libc5 -> glibc... Or even other ABI breakage!!! > > > parts of it I've done (libc5-glibc) gcc 2.95- > 3 and so on. it hurts. > especially in systems with less package management than Gentoo has.. > (LFS) > > But still, its never fun to be locked down with only a partially broken > kernel and a system that wont run without it. >
I do not know if I am just lucky, but late 2.5's and now 2.6's runs fine for me (ok, so I usually only use -bk's, and I keep an eye on LKML for patches ... ). Anyhow, the transition *should* be smooth (after getting 2.6 to run - there are a few catches on first configures for it, and remembering to install module-init-tools, etc). I do not know for kde, but gnome works fine, and just one or two stuff need some major updates (valgrind for one). I have been using nptl since nov/dec last year, and in general most of the major issues have been solved - I would however recommend to use the latest gcc/glibc/binutils (3.3.1, 2.3.2-r3 and .5-r1) though, with preferably a 2.6.0-test3-bk2/3+ kernel I think, as that fixes a slight issue with child threads (the kernel). Regards, -- Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa
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