From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Feb 20 04:39:20 2018 Received: (at 30537) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Feb 2018 09:39:20 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52126 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eo4ON-0007qX-Qt for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Feb 2018 04:39:20 -0500 Received: from flashner.co.il ([178.62.234.194]:43020) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eo4OL-0007qL-T5 for 30537@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Feb 2018 04:39:18 -0500 Received: from localhost (46-117-130-5.bb.netvision.net.il [46.117.130.5]) by flashner.co.il (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C1B7840222; Tue, 20 Feb 2018 09:39:11 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 11:39:10 +0200 From: Efraim Flashner To: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: bug#30537: glibc 2.26 refuses to run on CentOS 6.8 Message-ID: <20180220093910.GA23825@macbook41> References: <87eflgstqt.fsf@mdc-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="gKMricLos+KVdGMg" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87eflgstqt.fsf@mdc-berlin.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.3 (2018-01-21) X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 30537 Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, 30537@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) --gKMricLos+KVdGMg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 07:46:02PM +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > Hi Guix, >=20 > I have a bad day. After the upgrade to glibc 2.26 none of the > Guix-installed software runs on the HPC cluster running CentOS 6.8. >=20 > The glibc 2.26 expects a minimum kernel version of 3.x on x86_64, but > CentOS 6.8 only comes with a heavily patched 2.6.32. >=20 > The NixOS developers patch glibc to make sure that all software still > runs on Linux 2.6.32: >=20 > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/developme= nt/libraries/glibc/allow-kernel-2.6.32.patch >=20 > Can we please also apply this? Without this Guix on HPC is pretty much > dead at the MDC. >=20 We should also update the docs with the (new) minimum specs as needed. --=20 Efraim Flashner =D7=90=D7=A4=D7=A8=D7=99=D7=9D = =D7=A4=D7=9C=D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=A8 GPG key =3D A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted --gKMricLos+KVdGMg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEoov0DD5VE3JmLRT3Qarn3Mo9g1EFAlqL7LsACgkQQarn3Mo9 g1F7lg//QFgxsZQO4TDtLFYxodl9DzOiTHX68bTvr+1SX/5VnlnkoPsNtGpoJZdQ ico8D/h9y9KySWJDkJrP+8sWyPRikiFWDHA4bQYXyvQdgXUN+54Msou0c8uXsbEy 2dhLrDS7jXEmVB/POyprxvrMjypoGXMlPSf5WJhUOiCuBunrYlDmEOyMJ7AP3kpG ykBe/6XaX3NATY5lQeojXaL6yQ/UTr0C4JqBHTKSoDwGfoq02i8wSi71a0sS97FO gIyQ2ZyGHvCTVPXJLD+Gh+fjbHa997XGbXN0Ht6ar0kwCJSI74Nz/WX8xqD7+Ec9 W8hscYLoh9PeX1QDpiXJKDLP+D5E1++wbiNQTd3Eu7AfnmxboKERl6sJodTZaMRk J2dqCT7PaU5OEygAl3r53UhM2NvFs/anQPV2aFTURyjHJRJxSKayurxU3rPuMK/j JdEuqWvAaJRRVmHjmwtIJ9F/vtpxItXSe8q/oiKbL68cbrkmZafE7UFRJR4NF9Op +k4FffocjoYMiFRfbtR5tGS2RUGK98gXHzhM4tM9Qx9vbAvAvF7+5dPH4LK5ZVrg I7MoV1eMWSxKYhD47rPP/0ivBtiR47zTkXo5kAvZWWp7XTgq3UbruBAUfNoramxg l1bZAluZM8aAUdE/lb9pHdbj0IeuOU+gD2xZ/C2fPtmFVXy6k9U= =CYRM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gKMricLos+KVdGMg--