Re: [gentoo-dev] linux-headers-2.6* now linux26-headers

[Aaron Walker]

Alan Schmitt wrote:
> * Travis Tilley (lv@g.o) wrote:
>
>>just a heads up - i've moved all the 2.6 header packages to
>>sys-kernel/linux26-headers so that they can be keyworded without having them
>>accidentally install on the system of a 2.4 kernel user. hopefully soon this
>>will mean we can unmask the newer glibc ebuilds on x86, which have a dep on
>>the 2.6 headers when using nptl (instead of using /usr/src/linux, which is
>>problematic at best and quite often broken at worst).
>>
>>another note re: NPTL is that nptl no longer has a version number of it's own
>>as of 2004-06-29. i'm guessing this means that ulrich drepper considers nptl
>>to be fairly stable, but i dont think i'll be so quick to put words in his
>>mouth. when i'm sure that everything's good and calm with the linux26-headers
>>change i'll poke at making a new snapshot to see if it passes "make check"
>>yet. :)
>
>
> Following the announcement that the linux26 headers were now ~x86, I
> decided to try them, along with the migration to nptl. After a (longish
> ;-) ) emerge -e system, everything seems to work fine (I just had some
> trouble starting X, but emerging nvidia-glx and nvidia-kernel solved
> it).
>
> I know this is just a WFM message, but it might encourage others to try
> it.
>
> Alan Schmitt
>

I agree.  2.6 kernel + 2.6 headers + NPTL seems rock solid to me.  I've 
been using it on several boxen since linux-headers-2.6.0.ebuild (6 mos? 
8? I suck at estimating time...) was first put in portage and have had 
*very* few problems.

Just wanted to thank the devs for the awesome job they have done on 
getting 2.6 and NPTL ready for the masses.

Cheers
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