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C-cleanupCategory: PRs that clean code up or issues documenting cleanup.Category: PRs that clean code up or issues documenting cleanup.O-linuxOperating system: LinuxOperating system: LinuxT-libs-apiRelevant to the library API team, which will review and decide on the PR/issue.Relevant to the library API team, which will review and decide on the PR/issue.
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The docs currently claim that the minimum Linux kernel version for libstd
is 2.6.18 (released September 20th, 2006). This is because RHEL 5 used that kernel version. However, RHEL 5 entered ELS on March 31, 2017.
Should we continue to support RHEL 5 for libstd
, or should we increase the minimum Linux Kernel version to 2.6.27 (2nd LTS) or 2.6.32 (RHEL 6, 3rd LTS)? List of the relevant kernel versions.
Even bumping the min-version to 2.6.27 would allow us to remove most of the Linux-specific hacks in libstd
. Example: the O_CLOEXEC code.
panaman67, HadrienG2, newpavlov, RalfJung, slanterns and 1 morepanaman67
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C-cleanupCategory: PRs that clean code up or issues documenting cleanup.Category: PRs that clean code up or issues documenting cleanup.O-linuxOperating system: LinuxOperating system: LinuxT-libs-apiRelevant to the library API team, which will review and decide on the PR/issue.Relevant to the library API team, which will review and decide on the PR/issue.