From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Petr Vorel Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 08:42:54 +0200 Subject: [LTP] [RFC PATCH 1/1] doc: Add supported kernel, libc versions In-Reply-To: References: <20210514132639.4181-1-pvorel@suse.cz> Message-ID: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ltp@lists.linux.it Hi, ... > > Older distributions are not officially supported, which means that it > > may or may not work. It all depends on your luck. It should be possible > > to compile latest LTP even on slightly older distributions than we > > support with a few manual tweaks, e.g. disabling manually tests for > > newly added syscalls manually, etc. > > If latest LTP cannot be compiled even with some amount of workarounds, > > you may result to older LTP releases, however these are _not_ supported > > in any way. Also if you are trying to run LTP on more than 10 years old > > distribution you may as well reconsider you life choices. > Should we also give some hint about accepting patches/wokrarounds for > very old distros? > For example: "Trivial fixes/workarounds may be accepted, but users are > encouraged to move to newer distro." +1. I'd add it at the end of first paragraph. Or anyone feel free to express it differently. Kind regards, Petr