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

[Alex Tsariounov <alext@fc.hp.com>]

On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 13:32, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:29:22PM -0700, Alex Tsariounov wrote:
> > This should be the same for any libc function, whether printf() for
> > which according to it's man page you should include stdio.h, or
> > query_module for which you include linux/module.h.
> 
> That is a bug in the manual page, then.  It should be updated.  Libc
> does not provide a header which prototypes this function.

Ok, then:

        $ nm --dynamic /lib/libc-2.3.2.so | grep query 
        000d7b10 T query_module

says to me that this is a public libc function.

Are you saying that it is not and should not be used then?

Thanks,
Alex