Bug 749575 - Add a personality to report 2.6.x version number
Summary: Add a personality to report 2.6.x version number
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG
Classification: Red Hat
Component: realtime-kernel
Version: 2.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: 2.1
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Assignee: John Kacur
QA Contact: David Sommerseth
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Blocks: 750336
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Reported: 2011-10-27 15:22 UTC by John Kacur
Modified: 2016-05-22 23:33 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Cause: Some broken user space apps (sometimes binary only) depend on a kernel version for 2.6.x. Consequence: Applications that depend on 2.6.x no longer work. Fix: The preferred fix is to fix the applications, however when this is not possible - eg. with binary apps, you can run the program with a "2.6.x personality" Result: Applications run as expected.
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Last Closed: 2012-01-23 18:39:36 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2012:0044 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE kernel-rt bug fix update 2012-01-23 23:36:31 UTC

Description John Kacur 2011-10-27 15:22:50 UTC 
Make uname report the kernel version as 2.6.40+x where the x is from 3.x
The purpose of this is for broken user space programs, sometimes binary that depend on the kernel name being 2.6.n
Comment 1 John Kacur 2011-10-27 15:24:02 UTC 
commit be27425dcc516fd08245b047ea57f83b8f6f0903 upstream
Comment 8 John Kacur 2011-11-02 10:12:42 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Cause: Some broken user space apps (sometimes binary only) depend on a kernel version for 2.6.x.
Consequence: Applications that depend on 2.6.x no longer work.
Fix: The preferred fix is to fix the applications, however when this is not possible - eg. with binary apps, you can run the program with a "2.6.x personality"
Result: Applications run as expected.
Comment 10 David Sommerseth 2011-11-07 10:32:48 UTC 
Ran the following check:

[root@hp-nehalem-01 ~]# uname -r
3.0.8-rt20.38.el6rt.x86_64
[root@hp-nehalem-01 ~]# uname26 uname -r
2.6.40-rt20.38.el6rt.x86_64
[root@hp-nehalem-01 ~]#

-> VERIFIED
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2012-01-23 18:39:36 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0044.html
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