[LTP] [RFC PATCH 1/1] doc: Add supported kernel, libc versions

Petr Vorel pvorel@suse.cz
Mon May 17 08:42:54 CEST 2021


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


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