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Bug 855974 - sys-libs/libseccomp: why dropping old versions?
Summary: sys-libs/libseccomp: why dropping old versions?
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal major
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2022-07-02 17:18 UTC by dm9pZCAq
Modified: 2022-07-02 18:28 UTC (History)
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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 Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 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 Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 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