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Bug#863914: linux-libc-dev: Install separate from /usr/include



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On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 17:14 -0400, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> Package: linux-libc-dev
> Version: 4.11-1~exp2
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Certain low-level programs and libraries, notably glibc, would like to
> be able to make sure that they do *not* use any system headers during
> their build, other than the kernel's headers and the ones provided by
> the compiler (stddef.h, stdarg.h etc)  It would be much easier to arrange
> this if the kernel's headers were installed in a location separate from
> /usr/include and then symlinked into /usr/include.  (It would be fine to
> symlink just the directories.)

I don't understand how this would help.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Experience is directly proportional to the value of equipment
destroyed.
                                                    - Carolyn Scheppner

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