[Nix-dev] Re: Please update of stdenv-linux tarballs

[Peter Simons]

Hi Lluís,

 > The new bootstrap-tools for i686 are built with glibc 2.12.1 built
 > with gcc 4.3 [...].

is it really necessary to use the bleeding edge versions of everything
for *bootstrapping*? These choices mean that it is impossible to install
NixOS inside a CentOS 5 host OS, because their kernel doesn't work with
glibc 2.12. 

Take care,
Peter