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Re: Depending on kernel >= 2.6



On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 01:17:15PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote:

> *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.

linux-kernel-headers does not provide any interfaces for general use.
Packages should not directly rely on anything it provides, and therefore
build-dependencies on it are doubly inappropriate.

-- 
 - mdz



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