Bug#215343: libc6-dev: linux/usb.h does not compile
> This is not a bug. Do not use kernel headers from user-space. If you
> need some piece of data from the header, for now you have to copy it
> from the header in question.
>
> This isn't new - you've never been supposed to include these headers
> directly.
I don't do such evil things myself but Debian packages do. For example,
package speedtouch does build on a sid system with libc6-dev 2.3.2-8.
However with libc6-dev 2.3.2.ds1-3, the build fails (see append log
below).
Therefore this is a serious bug (FTBFS) and I will reopen it. I will not
raise its severity because this is an experimental package (is it OK ?).
Feel free to reassign it to package speetouch. The problem is that other
packages may have similar problems.
$ fakeroot apt-get -b source speedtouch
[...]
make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/LB/speedtouch-1.2-0beta2/src'
gcc -Wall -I. -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include -O2 -DVERSION=\"1.2-beta2\" -c extract.c
gcc -Wall -I. -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include -O2 -DVERSION=\"1.2-beta2\" -D_REENTRANT -D_THREAD_SAFE -o pusb.o -c pusb-linux.c
In file included from /usr/include/linux/usb.h:4,
from pusb-linux.c:42:
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:18: error: syntax error before "__u32"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:20: error: syntax error before "class"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:21: error: syntax error before "driver_data"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:31: error: syntax error before "__u32"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:33: error: syntax error before "model_id"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:34: error: syntax error before "specifier_id"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:35: error: syntax error before "version"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:36: error: syntax error before "driver_data"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:99: error: syntax error before "__u16"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:103: error: syntax error before "idProduct"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:104: error: syntax error before "bcdDevice_lo"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:105: error: syntax error before "bcdDevice_hi"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:108: error: syntax error before "bDeviceClass"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:109: error: syntax error before "bDeviceSubClass"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:110: error: syntax error before "bDeviceProtocol"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:113: error: syntax error before "bInterfaceClass"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:114: error: syntax error before "bInterfaceSubClass"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:115: error: syntax error before "bInterfaceProtocol"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:118: error: syntax error before "driver_info"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:135: error: syntax error before "__u16"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:138: error: syntax error before "dev_type"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:139: error: syntax error before "cu_model"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:140: error: syntax error before "dev_model"
/usr/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h:142: error: syntax error before "driver_info"
pusb-linux.c:66: error: redefinition of `struct usb_device_descriptor'
pusb-linux.c: In function `pusb_control_msg':
pusb-linux.c:164: error: structure has no member named `requesttype'
pusb-linux.c:165: error: structure has no member named `request'
pusb-linux.c:166: error: structure has no member named `value'
pusb-linux.c:167: error: structure has no member named `index'
pusb-linux.c:168: error: structure has no member named `length'
make[2]: *** [pusb.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/LB/speedtouch-1.2-0beta2/src'
make[1]: *** [modem] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/LB/speedtouch-1.2-0beta2'
make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2
Build command 'cd speedtouch-1.2-0beta2 && dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc' failed.
E: Child process failed
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