From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sj-iport-3.cisco.com (sj-iport-3.cisco.com [171.71.176.72]) by mx1.pokylinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16E284C80050 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:41:01 -0500 (CDT) Authentication-Results: mx1.pokylinux.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; insecure key) header.i=madison@cisco.com; x-dkim-adsp=none (insecure policy) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=cisco.com; i=madison@cisco.com; l=2327; q=dns/txt; s=iport; t=1300812061; x=1302021661; h=date:subject:from:to:message-id:mime-version; bh=7NkXxeuEPdS34aGXKPIVuRCxhEDsr/6vp/VP2COAlgk=; b=BLWtdCV21zG6sW6a2annvN2UoQC9vqqNeIZwN+/AcYWPuAz5/Dp5WEbK mPEkgiLlKL2nP5OElPKjaalmGU9RyAFBuTsJpFkhpoLKPIt8l+ltS6Nf2 E7/LtG+vhdCdsDih1pWgkK2QyTRgsrMg3mUBTnOa/nVFarqQ26d4I8JCB w=; X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApUFAPttiE2rRDoG/2dsb2JhbACCYaF/VAJ3pnCcTIVoBIU1hzaDWIVJ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.63,225,1299456000"; d="scan'208,217";a="280929890" Received: from mtv-core-1.cisco.com ([171.68.58.6]) by sj-iport-3.cisco.com with ESMTP; 22 Mar 2011 16:41:00 +0000 Received: from xbh-sjc-211.amer.cisco.com (xbh-sjc-211.cisco.com [171.70.151.144]) by mtv-core-1.cisco.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p2MGf0us018535 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:41:00 GMT Received: from xmb-sjc-217.amer.cisco.com ([171.70.151.175]) by xbh-sjc-211.amer.cisco.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:41:00 -0700 Received: from 128.107.159.176 ([128.107.159.176]) by xmb-sjc-217.amer.cisco.com ([171.70.151.175]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:40:59 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.28.0.101117 Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:40:53 -0700 From: Matt Madison To: Yocto Mailer Message-ID: Thread-Topic: Older versions of Linux as build hosts? Thread-Index: Acvor+ih8u5ArlEO6EmxWZmoHMnn0w== Mime-version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Mar 2011 16:41:00.0509 (UTC) FILETIME=[ED1B20D0:01CBE8AF] Subject: Older versions of Linux as build hosts? X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:41:01 -0000 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3383631655_56443806" --B_3383631655_56443806 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I know the documentation mentions that you should be running a =B3reasonably current=B2 Linux as your build host, but in my enterprise environment I=B9m stuck with having to run fairly old versions, based on RHEL 4 and 5. I=B9ve got some patches that I=B9ve been maintaining so I can bootstrap Bernard builds on these systems. Is there any interest in supporting older systems as build hosts? Any thoughts on how far back =B3reasonably current=B2 is going to be with each Yocto release? I=B9m trying to work with my IT group to upgrade a bit more frequently, and for developer workstations, that might b= e possible, but I=B9m not sure I=B9ll be able to convince them to do that for servers in our data centers. Is anyone else having this kind of problem? Thanks, -Matt --B_3383631655_56443806 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Older versions of Linux as build hosts? Hi,

I know the documentation mentions that you should be running a “reaso= nably current” Linux as your build host, but in my enterprise environm= ent I’m stuck with having to run fairly old versions, based on RHEL 4 = and 5.  I’ve got some patches that I’ve been maintaining so= I can bootstrap Bernard builds on these systems.  Is there any interes= t in supporting older systems as build hosts?  Any thoughts on how far = back “reasonably current” is going to be with each Yocto release= ?  I’m trying to work with my IT group to upgrade a bit more freq= uently, and for developer workstations, that might be possible, but I’= m not sure I’ll be able to convince them to do that for servers in our= data centers.

Is anyone else having this kind of problem?

Thanks,
-Matt --B_3383631655_56443806--