[Nix-dev] Re: Minor stdenv down-grade required in trunk

[Karn Kallio]

> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > I'm about to commit a patch to trunk that downgrades stdenv on Linux from
> > glibc 2.12 to 2.5. That change is required, because all glibc versions
> > after that have a bug that prevents them from being run with kernel
> > 2.4.x, which is the kernel I'm stuck with on my SuSE host system.
> > Updating to Linux 2.6.x is not an option on that machine, I'm afraid,
> > because my floppy disk drive requires some proprietary kernel driver
> > that I can't recompile.
> > 
> > Anyway, I reckon many people will have that problem, and I'd like to fix
> > it pro-actively rather than wait for the bug reports to pour in.
> > 
> > Does anyone mind that change?
> 
> April 1?

It must be (April 1) .... "minor stdenv downgrade" indeed!  But like all good 
April 1 jokes it had me convinced at first ... well done!