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| author |  Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2016-12-10 11:45:46 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2016-12-10 11:45:46 -0400 |
| commit | 4436262061afdf974880b02d8d3c1b1330187b01 (patch) | |
| tree | f5513f26bc1233d7f3ce18c45b728b19ce7b486e | |
| parent | d4cc818c025d663a4c0a0d52da45205195fec285 (diff) | |
warning about old kernels
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn | 7 |
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diff --git a/doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn b/doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn index 223c8189b..5bad5f930 100644 --- a/doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn +++ b/doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn @@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ prebuilt tarball of the most recent release. This tarball should work on most Linux systems. It has basically no dependencies and is self-contained. +**Warning** Linux kernels older than 4.5 may not run this build correctly, and +<a href="http://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/unable_to_decommit_memory__58___Invalid_argument/">data loss has been reported</a> +using this build with the old kernel. We are working to resolve this +problem, and if you use such a kernel, we recommend running +`git annex test` to check git-annex works correctly, and/or +using the build for ancient kernels. + * x86-32: [download tarball](https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/linux/current/git-annex-standalone-i386.tar.gz) * x86-64: [download tarball](https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/linux/current/git-annex-standalone-amd64.tar.gz) * x86-32, for ancient kernels: [download tarball](https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/linux/current/git-annex-standalone-i386-ancient.tar.gz) |