On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 21:13:50 +0200 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote: > Hi all, > > Debian recently started added a linux-bpf-dev binary package that > installs the BPF header vmlinux.h at: > > /usr/include/$DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH/linux/bpf/vmlinux.h > > After we did this Luca noted that in Ubuntu the corresponding binary > package installs it at: > > /usr/include/$DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH/linux/vmlinux.h > > and as a result the systemd package needs to use distribution- > conditional logic to use this header. > > We discussed this in a merge request > <https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/1359> > (currently down, sorry) and also at a meeting on IRC > <https://meetbot.debian.net/debian-kernel/2025/debian-kernel.2025-04-02-19.00.log.html>. > > The main argument for using <linux/bpf/vmlinux.h> is that it is less > likely to conflict with or be confused with a posible future UAPI header > installed at /usr/include/linux/vmlinux.h. > > Would you consider moving this header in Ubuntu to align with Debian? > Or alternatively would you like to argue for the converse (Debian should > align with Ubuntu)? Yes, we should fix this to match Debian. Funny enough, it was Luca's patch [1] that introduced this location :-) ...Juerg [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2024-August/153061.html > > Ben. >
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