Networking change causes distribution headaches

Posted Oct 29, 2008 16:30 UTC (Wed) by jzbiciak (guest, #5246)
In reply to: Networking change causes distribution headaches by mjg59
Parent article: Networking change causes distribution headaches

If only there were a filesystem that allowed the kernel to export information to user space, such as what kernel version was currently running... ;-)

Seriously, why can't procps look at /proc/version and presume that 2.6.27 is broken, but any other version (including 2.6.27.1). As long as it's looking very specifically for the broken version's version string there, it should work ok.

Sure, if someone installs a broken kernel with a different string, then the workaround won't kick in, but I don't really see a problem with that. If you're installing your own kernel rather than sticking to vendor kernels, then you're signing up to own a bit more of the problem yourself, don't ya think?

Networking change causes distribution headaches

Posted Oct 29, 2008 18:21 UTC (Wed) by jzbiciak (guest, #5246) [Link]

Seriously, why can't procps look at /proc/version and presume that 2.6.27 is broken, but not any other version (including 2.6.27.1)

oops. :-) Fixed that.