Bug#218516: linux-kernel-headers: Check for symbolic link before installing

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 10:23:09PM +0100, Eric Valette wrote:
> Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> 
> >Come on, there are a dozen FAQs explaining this.  The kernel headers
> >used to compile user space applications MUST MATCH THE HEADERS THAT
> >GLIBC WAS COMPILED AGAINST.  Period.  If you want to compile
> >applications against a different set of kernel headers use -I at your
> >own risk.
> 
> Come on, read the LKML and everybody there seems to agree that *only* 
> sanitised kernel headers should be used and not the plain kernel headers 
> because only few data structure definition and constants are really 
> requiered to compile any ANSI applications. There are already some bug 
> reports, expects others or at least let people do things by checking 
> *needed* symbolic links...

What does this have to do with your problem?

Of course we need sanitized kernel headers.  No one's _written_ an
adequate set yet.  Until that happens this is what we need to do. 
Adding symlinks to point at your current kernel version is even less
sanitized than using what we provide.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer