Re: Bug#43928: libc and kernel source policy
On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 10:21:21AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> is actually nothing wrong with this policy. Personally, I would hope that
> it always stays this way.
Ditto.
> For the non-i386 archs, it makes for much less
> bug reports, and more stable/consistent builds.
FWIW, stability and consistency are the primary reasons I started the
current convention a few years ago and those reasons are still valid
today.
> Perhaps the real argument should be, to have something that allows the
> users to specify their own headers without libc-dev overwriting them.
There is -- it's called "gcc -I".
David
--
David Engel
dlengel@home.com
Reply to: