Re: Depending on kernel >= 2.6
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 18:00:27 +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 12:15:09PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote:
>> On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 10:34:16 -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
>> [...]
>> >
>> > - How can I mark a package to depend on having kernel 2.6 or higher?
>> > Even more, how can I make it build-depend on it? (If I am not
>> > mistaken, I will only need a kernel 2.6.x installed in order to
>> > build, even though the system can be running 2.4.x)
>>
>> Build-dep on linux-kernel-headers. This package contains 2.6 kernel
>> headers for glibc to use, and contains epoll stuff.
>
> linux-kernel-headers is pseudo-build-essential by virtue of being a
> dependency of libc6-dev. Do not include unnecessary build-dependencies
> on it. Why do people keep thinking they should be messing with this
> package?
*blink*. It's 2.6 only. If it exists, it means glibc contains 2.6 kernel
headers. If it doesn't exist, it means it's an older glibc, containing
2.4 kernel headers. It doesn't sound very unnecessary to me. The other
alternative is a versioned glibc build-dep, but this just seems easier.
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