Re: Build failure on RHEL7 with 2.47.0

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: Oct 22, 2024, 21:30 UTC
Message-ID: <ZxgZa74fplSUUL5W@tapette.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <20241022140340.GA31399@tb-raspi4>

On 2024-10-22 at 14:03:40, Torsten Bögershausen wrote:

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> On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 02:04:52PM +0100, Mike Lothian wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm seeing build failures on RHEL7 when trying to build 2.47.0 - RHEL8
> > seems to be fine
> >
> >
> []
> >
> > Have I done something silly or is it just too old?
> 
> 2 questions, 2 answers: No, yes.
> There hasn't been much focus on supporting these/this old platform(s)
> the last weeks or months.
> Thanks for reporting, I myself can no longer compile Git under centos 7
> any more, but I am happy to work on patches.

I think RHEL/CentOS 7 is too old to support according to our platform support policy. It's no longer receiving regular LTS support.

The clar patches I do believe will be coming in soon, but I think users will need to upgrade on CentOS 7 nonetheless.

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brian m. carlson (they/them or he/him)
Toronto, Ontario, CA