Re: Reminder: The Master branch will be closing for the 1.77.0 release on WEDNESDAY 4-August

From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-08-03 08:55:45

On 8/3/21 3:58 AM, Gavin Lambert via Boost wrote:
> On 3/08/2021 11:57 am, Andrey Semashev wrote:
>>> The docker image that the tools get run from doesn’t have 
>>> “linux/magic.h”
>>>
>>> More as we discover it.
>>
>> I would like to know more about this issue. In particular, what Linux 
>> system lacks this file (distro, kernel version, etc.). Maybe, this is 
>> worth fixing before the release.
> 
> Git history suggests that the file started existing in linux kernel 
> 2.6.19 and remains since.
> 
> Although it moved from one folder to another in the internal kernel 
> source tree in kernel 3.7, but that shouldn't affect its existence in 
> the userspace include dirs, unless something is using the wrong include 
> paths.

Thanks. 2.6.19 was released nearly 15 years ago, I wouldn't think such 
old systems would be building new Boost. I can add a workaround if 
that's needed.