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latest coreutils pkg in Arch Linux semi-broken

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Using 2.6.18-8 Xen kernel (latest 2.6), the latest coreutils (6.12-1) package is broken. 'touch' no longer works because a syscall is missing from that kernel. The syscall is 'utimensat' which was introduced around 2.6.22. Here is a thread with more details:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50750

It's my understanding that any of the 2.6.2x kernels are not ready for Xen and their use is discouraged/risky. Is that still true?

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Linode Staff

2.6.26 needs wider testing before I'm going to make Latest point to it, but so far it's proved itself to be just as stable as 2.6.18, if not more. I suggest giving it a shot :)

-Chris

@caker:

2.6.26 needs wider testing before I'm going to make Latest point to it, but so far it's proved itself to be just as stable as 2.6.18, if not more. I suggest giving it a shot :)

-Chris

Will do! Thanks.

edavis, let me know how it goes for you. I'm also running Arch, but a switch to any kernel newer than 2.6.18 causes a constant ~3% CPU usage, whereas my Linode is normally idle most of the time.

Linode Staff

The ~3% CPU thing is a side effect of pv_ops. It's totally cosmetic.

-Chris

@caker:

The ~3% CPU thing is a side effect of pv_ops. It's totally cosmetic.

-Chris
OK, great, thanks.

I rebooted with the new kernel yesterday and all is well so far.

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