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Re: What's Debian's /usr/src policy



Stephen Zander <srz@mckesson.com> writes:

> Martin Mitchell <martin@debian.org> writes:
> > Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
> > > Why does libc6 depend on kernel-header ?
> > 
> > It's libc6-dev that has that dependency.
> > Perhaps weakening the dependency to Suggests might be the best solution.
> 
> No, you can't.  Their are multiple header files that will be flat *broken*
> without a /usr/include/{linux,asm}.

I know, however it would allow people to much more easily install and
maintain their own kernel sources for these includes.

	Martin.


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