Bug 855974

Summary:	sys-libs/libseccomp: why dropping old versions?
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	dm9pZCAq <v>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	major	CC:	sam
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description dm9pZCAq 2022-07-02 17:18:23 UTC

in portage tree there are sys-kernel/gentoo-sources from 4.9 to 5.18, and sys-kernel/linux-headers from 3.18 to 5.19
and i use =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.10.*

but older version of libseccomp was dropped, and version that left is requires >=sys-kernel/linux-headers-5.15

shouldn't they be kept?

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Sam James archtester

2022-07-02 17:20:09 UTC

It's generally fine to have newer headers than linux-headers and vice-versa (see e.g. https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/FAQ#What_version_of_the_Linux_kernel_headers_should_be_used.3F.

Comment 2 Sam James archtester

2022-07-02 17:22:31 UTC

If you have a really, really strong reason that you actually can't use newer headers, I'm willing to consider restoring old, but I don't see a need.

Comment 3 dm9pZCAq 2022-07-02 18:28:42 UTC

ok, thank you for explanation