Re: What's Debian's /usr/src policy
martin@debian.org (Martin Mitchell) wrote on 06.01.98 in <[🔎] 87iuryqjzn.fsf@mail.usyd.edu.au>:
> 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.
Which is why we shouldn't do that. Remember, we *DO NOT* want them to
include their own kernel sources for these includes, because it is a *VERY
BAD IDEA*.
MfG Kai
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