Bug#220517: linux-kernel-headers: I2C support broken, prevents building several packages
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 05:05:26AM +0200, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> > Given how libc6-dev has now become dependant upon
> > linux-kernel-headers (why the hell wasn't libc6-dev designed to
> > accomodate an existing and reliable kernel-headers-2.4.xx to fulfill
> > this dependency? ARGH!), I very much have to consider this an
> > important bug.
>
> Kindly read any of the hundred explanations of this decision in the
> -glibc or -devel archives before ranting about it.
Been there, done that, still vehemently oppose to making libc6-dev depend upon
the headers of a largely experimental and unproven kernel, namely 2.6-pre9.
libc6-dev must depend upon a _proven_, _stable_and _trustable_ kernel branch;
2.6 is not one of those, while 2.4 definitely is.
--
Martin-Éric Racine, ICT Consultant
http://www.pp.fishpool.fi/~q-funk/
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