On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 04:32:56PM +0200, Hilko Bengen wrote: > I maintain the ulog-acctd package and have the problem that it does > not build on every architecture because a header file > (/usr/include/linux/netfilter/ipt_ULOG.h) is missing. At the moment, > the affected architectures are arm and m68k. This file is supposed to > be part of libc6-dev and as I understand the glibc build process, > headers to be included are taken from the installed kernel package. > To my knowledge, Netfilter's ULOG target (and thus ipt_ULOG.h) > appeared in kernel version 2.4.18. On neither architecture, kernel > versions greater than 2.4.17 are available, so I guess using > ulog-acctd on those architectures would not make much sense, anyhow. > In previous versions of ulog-acctd, I solved the problem by shipping > ipt_ULOG.h in the .diff, but my AM Andrew Suffield told me that this > is an ugly hack -- and I really have to agree. > I now see two solutions which I both consider suboptimal: > Either I add a Build-Depends: kernel-headers-2.4.18 | > kernel-headers-2.4.19 | kernel-headers-2.4.20 ... I see a problem > there because some time may pass between kernel sources and headers > appearing on those architectures and the glibc packages being rebuilt. > this would cause the autobulders to fail on my package in the > meantime. > Or I add a Architectures: file which lists every architecture in > Debian except for the two architectures where the ipt_ULOG.h file is > missing. As I have access to neither an arm nor m68k machine, I would > not likely be notified when the problem with the missing .h file goes > away. > What should I do? You should not rely on the system to provide you with any particular set of kernel headers, at all. You should instead fix your package to include copies of any headers that you need for building. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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