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authorAlexey Neyman <stilor@att.net>2017-02-09 21:54:50 (GMT)
committerAlexey Neyman <stilor@att.net>2017-02-10 02:05:36 (GMT)
commitcc3432c4d6ada44e2cb2ff80dd09f66e0614d3aa (patch)
tree5eaef94cf85358c203b882aec7273286573e9a59 /config/libc
parent5273394f55d5ef3e2cbd9b4546f531c3b7a1ca5a (diff)
Add notes about obsoletion policy for kernel/glibc.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Neyman <stilor@att.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'config/libc')
-rw-r--r--config/libc/glibc.in10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config/libc/glibc.in b/config/libc/glibc.in
index 64272a0..9e4ff56 100644
--- a/config/libc/glibc.in
+++ b/config/libc/glibc.in
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ config CC_GLIBC_SHOW_LINARO
Linaro: http://www.linaro.org/
+# GLIBC and kernel are special when it comes to obsoletion. Users
+# of crosstool-ng depend on the ability to build new toolchains matching
+# the kernel/libc versions of a particular target system, and LTS releases
+# are still using quite ancient versions. Please do not retire versions
+# (including versions in between) until the EOL dates indicated below.
choice
bool
prompt "glibc version"
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ config LIBC_GLIBC_V_2_24
prompt "2.24"
select LIBC_GLIBC_2_23_or_later
+# EOL 04/2021 [Ubuntu16.04]
config LIBC_GLIBC_V_2_23
bool
prompt "2.23"
@@ -111,6 +117,7 @@ config LIBC_GLIBC_V_2_20
select LIBC_GLIBC_2_20_or_later
depends on OBSOLETE
+# EOL 04/2019 [Ubuntu14.04]
config LIBC_GLIBC_V_2_19
bool
prompt "2.19 (OBSOLETE)"
@@ -123,6 +130,7 @@ config LIBC_GLIBC_V_2_18
depends on OBSOLETE
select LIBC_GLIBC_2_17_or_later
+# EOL 06/2024 [CentOS7.x]
config LIBC_GLIBC_V_2_17
bool
prompt "2.17 (OBSOLETE)"
@@ -134,6 +142,7 @@ config LIBC_GLIBC_V_2_16_0
prompt "2.16.0 (OBSOLETE)"
depends on OBSOLETE
+# EOL 04/2017 [Ubuntu12.04]
config LIBC_GLIBC_V_2_15
bool
prompt "2.15 (OBSOLETE)"
@@ -161,6 +170,7 @@ config LIBC_GLIBC_V_2_12_2
depends on OBSOLETE
depends on !LIBC_GLIBC_NEEDS_PORTS
+# EOL 11/2020 [CentOS6.x]
config LIBC_GLIBC_V_2_12_1
bool
prompt "2.12.1 (OBSOLETE)"