Re: Potentially serious problem with kernel-headers...

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Gavin Lewis wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Monty wrote:
> >>Experimentally: does the new binary work on the old kernels?
> >
> >Not tried this.  I can't reproduce the problem locally.  zif?  Dale?
> 
> Running kernel 2.0.34:
> 
> Running cdparanoia compiled with 2.0.33 headers: crash
> Running cdparanoia compiled with 2.0.34 headers: success
> 
> Running kernel 2.0.33:
> 
> Running cdparanoia compiled with 2.0.33 headers: success
> Running cdparanoia compiled with 2.0.34 headers: success
> 
> So the answer appears to be that the new binary *does* run under the old
> kernels.

That is encouraging news.

> 
> (to compile with 2.0.X headers, I linked /usr/include/{linux,asm} manually to be
> safe)
> 
You are using an out-of-date libc6-dev. The new package don't use the
links, but delivers the headers itself.

The correct way to link programs to non-standard kernel headers is to use
the -I option.

Please take a look at /usr/doc/libc6/FAQ.debian.gz for details.

Luck, 

Dwarf
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