Re: Bug#2697: symlink /usr/include/asm in libc5-dev
On 19 Apr 1996, Kai Henningsen wrote:
> osiris@cs.utexas.edu (Rob Browning) wrote on 19.04.96 in <[🔎] 199604191654.LAA10202@janus.csres.utexas.edu>:
>
> > >>>>> "D" == David Engel <david@elo.ods.com> writes:
>
> D>> The former, but it's worse than that. Source packages that
> D>> compiled fine on a user's machine one day won't compile the next
> D>> day on the very same user's machine.
>
> > Yes, but the user *knows* that they upgraded the kernel and kernel
>
> ... _if_ this is a single user machine. Not all such systems are.
>
> > But still, I think you're right. Having the headers in the libc5-dev
>
> As this came up, I was somewhat disturbed by the decidedly untraditional
> take on this - but after all the explanations, I'm forced to agree.
>
I was also originaly opposed to the idea, but since then I have found
that the kernel no longer needs the links to compile. Although I am still
somewhat concerned that even with this fix, some programs will compile
and some will not. However I still agree also.
Luck,
Dwarf
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