Re: What's Debian's /usr/src policy
Hi,
>>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:
Dale> On 19 Jan 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> The link /usr/src/linux points to the latest installed kernel
>> source or headers, and is manipulated by kernel-source and
>> kernel-headers (it is kinda neat how the stack is popped as one
>> removes packages)
Dale> So, kernel-headers/kernel-source change the /usr/src/linux
Dale> symlink to point to the "currently installed" header/source in a
Dale> directory like /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.32?
Yes, as well as manipulating /usr/src/linux-2.0.32 symlinks as
well.
>> . /usr/include/{linux,asm} links are provided by libc6-dev.
>>
Dale> So, to keep from getting clobbered by the installation of a
Dale> different header or source file, libc6-dev should create its
Dale> links to /usr/src/linux-headers-2.0.32/include/{linux, asm-386},
Dale> right?
Correct.
Manoj
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