Bug#242490: linux-kernel-headers: Protect Linux headers from unproper inclussion
On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 02:10:42PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 09:18:36AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> >
> > Remove everything that should not be exported to userspace.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Wrong linuxabi project. There are two.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > They should be cleaned up to be userspace-usable, not wrapped.
>
> Oh, I understand. But this only addresses part of the problem (breaking
> portability between different versions of Linux), not the other part
> (breaking portability between different kernels). Gratiutously including
> Linux headers from userspace is still wrong for most apps.
>
> Do you have any plans for fixing that?
No. I don't see a need for a plan, either. I don't want to make
people jump through hoops to write code which uses the Linux kernel
headers and I doubt you will find anyone else who wants to, either.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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