Bug#216921: Can't compile programs, using kernel headers from experimental libc6-dev
Dmitry Baryshkov <mitya@school.ioffe.ru> wrote:
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> It IS a bug. Some programs (i.e. MPlayer) used (and use) them to in compilation.
Buggy programs do not always fail.
> This worked with previous versions of libc, but doesn't work now. If this is
> a 'feature', then what do you recommed? Duplicate info from this headers and
> include it in program's sources? IIUC - that's why such headers exists in
> libc6-dev package - to let programs to use them, isn't it?
Yes please create local copies of those header files.
The header files exist in libc6-dev because the latter includes
the complete set of headers from the kernel. It is not a guarantee
that you can include them in userspace.
You should treat them the same way as headers in /usr/include/bits --
never include them directly.
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