Bug#35113: libc6-dev: not able to compile itself with headers in this package
On Fri, Mar 26, 1999 at 10:37:37PM -0000, Joey Hess wrote:
> Package: libc6-dev
> Version: 2.1.1-0.1
>
> running configure fragment for
> /home/joey/debian/pentium/TEMP/glibc-2.1.1/glibc-
> 2.1.1/linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux
> running configure fragment for
> /home/joey/debian/pentium/TEMP/glibc-2.1.1/glibc-
> 2.1.1/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux
> checking installed Linux kernel header files... TOO OLD!
> configure: error: GNU libc requires kernel header files from
> Linux 2.0.10 or later to be installed before configuring.
> The kernel header files are found usually in /usr/include/asm and
> /usr/include/linux; make sure these directories use files from
> Linux 2.0.10 or later. This check uses <linux/version.h>, so
> make sure that file was built correctly when installing the kernel header
> files. To use kernel headers not from /usr/include/linux, use the
> configure option --with-headers.
The problem is that ${KERNEL_SOURCE} in debian/rules does not have a
default. Just exporting it as /usr will work.
Joel, is there any reason NOT to put
KERNEL_SOURCE = /usr
in the rules files as a default? It's easy enough to override.
Dan
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| Daniel Jacobowitz |__| CMU, CS class of 2002 |
| Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Part-Time Systems Programmer |
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