Bug#220624: libc6-dev: breaks builds on 2.4 systems because depending on linux-kernel-headers which contain 2.5 headers

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 12:02:14PM -0700, Alex Tsariounov wrote:
> Package: libc6-dev
> Version: 2.3.2.ds1-10
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> Seems that libc6-dev depends on linux-kernel-headers which contain 2.5
> kernel headers.  On a 2.4 system, and perhaps this also applies to
> 2.5/2.6 systems too, any source that includes <linux/module.h> breaks
> with compiler errors.  Attached below is some test code that makes use
> of the public interface of query_module().  This builds on pre-ds1-*
> libc6-dev systems, but breaks immediately on the current ds1-10 version.

Libc still includes query_module.  The function will work; you'll need
to copy the constants, types, and prototype into your application.  Or
an old copy of <linux/module.h>.

This isn't a new thing.  You've always needed to treat <linux/*> this
way.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer