[Nix-dev] [Nix-commits] [NixOS/nixpkgs] 3694b0: glibc: setting --enable-kernel=2.6.35

[Shea Levy]

Why can't we just pass kernelheaders.version instead of the new passthru attribute? Or at least make that a function of the headers version instead of a fixed string?

On Aug 19, 2012, at 7:25 AM, Lluís Batlle i Rossell <viric at viric.name> wrote:

>  Branch: refs/heads/stdenv-updates
>  Home:   https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs
>  Commit: 3694b0f892867a7b5d714eb7efa6532683a4bdc4
>      https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/3694b0f892867a7b5d714eb7efa6532683a4bdc4
>  Author: Lluís Batlle i Rossell <viric at viric.name>
>  Date:   2012-08-19 (Sun, 19 Aug 2012)
> 
>  Changed paths:
>    M pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.13/common.nix
>    M pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel-headers/default.nix
> 
>  Log Message:
>  -----------
>  glibc: setting --enable-kernel=2.6.35
> 
> It was taking 2.4.0 as default, therefore, not using syscalls over 2.4.0
> We may see performance improvements (openat, ...)
> 
> 
> 
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