[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#494001: Bug#494001: Bug#494001: Minimum kernel requirement for Squeeze

[Kel Modderman]

Hi Roger,

On Saturday 30 May 2009 10:02:31 Roger Leigh wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 02:33:38AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > On Fri, 20 Mar 2009, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> > > On Mar 19, Roger Leigh <rleigh at codelibre.net> wrote:
> > > > With respect to #494001, I would like to determine the minimum
> > > > version of the linux kernel we will
> > > For the new udev package[1] I am trying *very* hard to keep it working
> > > even with 2.6.18 kernels long enough to be able to finish the upgrade,
> > > but I can tell you that 2.6.22 is currently required to support
> > > important features like persistent device names and this will only get
> > > "worse" with time so next year I may end out requiring 2.6.26 anyway.
> > > 
> > > Also expect problems from a modern udev and lenny kernels, because they
> > > have CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED defined.
> > > 
> > > I agree that there should be no version check in the init scripts, just
> > > symlink mtab and almost everything will work fine.
> > 
> > So be it, then.  Let's switch to the new mode unconditionally... since udev
> > is going to force our hands, might as well at least get something good out
> > of it and simplify things on the initscripts end.
> > 
> > A NEWS entry will be required to warn people using older kernels, though.
> 
> Has any further progress been made on this?  Are there any changes to the
> patch you are waiting on me for?

I think I applied the patch already to sysvinit package SVN [0]. Sorry have
been a bit busy since then. We need to start talking about getting some
new uploads happening, but there are quite a few changes I have made which
need review but noone with much time to review 'em.

Can you have a good look at [0] for errors please?

[0] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-sysvinit-commits/2009-May/001220.html

Thanks, Kel.
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