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-rw-r--r--src/libstore/build.cc11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index 467f16597..c13ea6d23 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -1794,10 +1794,21 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
throw SysError(format("changing into `%1%'") % tmpDir);
#ifdef CAN_DO_LINUX32_BUILDS
+ /* Change the personality to 32-bit if we're doing an
+ i686-linux build on an x86_64-linux machine. */
if (drv.platform == "i686-linux" && thisSystem == "x86_64-linux") {
if (personality(0x0008 | 0x8000000 /* == PER_LINUX32_3GB */) == -1)
throw SysError("cannot set i686-linux personality");
}
+
+ /* Impersonate a Linux 2.6 machine to get some determinism
+ in builds that depend on the kernel version. */
+ if ((drv.platform == "i686-linux" || drv.platform == "x86_64-linux") &&
+ queryBoolSetting("build-impersonate-linux-26", true))
+ {
+ int cur = personality(0xffffffff);
+ if (cur != -1) personality(cur | 0x0020000 /* == UNAME26 */);
+ }
#endif
/* Fill in the environment. */