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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: bug#15209: guix 0.3 does not compile on fedora core 8 nodes
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 17:03:26 +0100
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tag 15209 wontfix
retitle 15209 Daemon fails to build with Linux < 2.6.24
thanks

ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) skribis:

> Matthias Wachs <wachs@net.in.tum.de> skribis:
>
>> +#ifndef CLONE_NEWPID
>> +#define CLONE_NEWPID            0x20000000      /* New pid namespace */
>> +#endif
>> +#ifndef CLONE_NEWNET
>> +#define CLONE_NEWNET            0x40000000      /* New network namespac=
e */
>> +#endif=20
>> +#ifndef CLONE_NEWIPC
>> +#define CLONE_NEWIPC            0x08000000      /* New ipcs */
>> +#endif=20
>> +#ifndef CLONE_NEWUTS
>> +#define CLONE_NEWUTS            0x04000000      /* New utsname group? */
>> +#endif=20
>
> I=E2=80=99m reluctant to adding such a patch because (1) as was already
> mentioned, these features are missing only on very old kernels, and
> (2) if the libc headers don=E2=80=99t define these flag, chances are that
> clone(2) doesn=E2=80=99t support them anyway.
>
> WDYT?

Marking as =E2=80=98wontfix=E2=80=99.  Let us know if this is a problem.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.