[Nix-dev] RHEL5 Issues re-visited.

[Pjotr Prins]

I think we need to include any major Linux version out in the open.

One of the strengths of Nix is that it runs on any platform. The
purists may not agree, but it is a real selling point - and one of the
major reasons I am involved now (which includes mistakes, heh). Some
essential packages build against kernelHeaders, and so do people
developing new software. One way is to contain all 'common'
kernelHeaders, including RHEL5, in all-packages.nix. But perhap we
could have a all-kernel-headers.nix package to support the flavours. I
am very happy with that config.nix extension, btw. Thanks Eelco.

The appropriate kernel headers are required to prevent subtle
stability problems.

Pj.

On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 10:43:02AM +1100, Jeevakan Suresh wrote:
> Hi Guys
>  
> I don't know if you remember, but a few months ago I asked a question on
> the list about nix and RHEL5. The problem is RHEL 'aggressively' patches
> their kernel thus making almost any 'standard' version of the kernel
> headers horribly incompatible with any RHEL kernel.
>  
> I got a couple of suggestions (such as downgrading the kernel headers or
> my glibc version), but the solution that has been working the best for
> me is to use kernel headers as provided by Red Hat themselves.
>  
> I've been running nix with these headers for the last 3 months or so
> without any issues, and I have additions which are down-stream ready. I
> was wondering what's the process for getting these in? I'm sure this
> would be generally useful for anyone unfortunate enough to be stuck on a
> RHEL5 machine :)
> 
> Cheers
> Jeeva.
> 
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