Re: Debian conflicts with FHS on /usr/include/{linux,asm}

[Raul Miller <moth@magenta.com>]

Thomas Sippel - Dau <t.sippel-dau@ic.ac.uk> wrote:
> If a user wants to build a program for the current system, then the
> include files should be found in /usr/include

Um.. no.

You're essentially saying that when someone boots off of a floppy the
floppy must contain the kernel include files for that floppy.  That
/usr/src/linux is required to be provided via nfs when for systems
which boot over the network, that loadlin must somehow be modified 
to point the linux file system with proper header files when it
selects a kernel.  Etc.

When upgrading to a new kernel it's considered good practice to keep
the old kernel around, in case there are problems.  In this view of
things, why would you expect the kernel include files to match both
kernels?

-- 
Raul