Bug#43928: marked as done ([OLD PROPOSAL] libc and kernel source policy)
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From: Erik Andersen <andersen@xmission.com>
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Subject: libc and kernel source policy
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I wish to change Debian policy regarding libc and the kernel sources.
The document /usr/share/doc/libc6/FAQ.Debian.gz states:
Occasionally, changes in the kernel headers cause problems with the
compilation of libc and of programs that use libc. To ensure that users
are not affected by these problems, we configure libc to use the headers
from a kernel that is known to work with libc and the programs that
depend on stable kernel headers.
The kernel headers don't change much these days on stable releases, yet
the Debian libc packages continue to carry with them full sets of kernel
headers (whatever somebody has _manually_ copied into place as
/usr/include/{linux,asm,scsi,etc} on the system building glibc).
Why in the heck do we have kernel-headers packages in Debian? Why
do we have kernel-source packages? It seems to me that if building
libc _requires_ a particular set of kernel include files (which I
consider to be dubious) why not have glibc _depend_ on a particular
kernel-headers-xxx package? Why not have kernel headers provide
/usr/include/{linux,asm,scsi,etc} (or at least put in symlinks
for them pointing to /usr/src/kernel-headers-xxx)?
That would be a great service to kernel hackers, libc hackers, and
mirror maintainers (since libc would no longer have to carry around
the extra baggage of kernel headers).
-Erik
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To: 43928-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug #43928: libc and kernel source policy
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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 13:16:54 -0500 (CDT)
From: steveg@molehole.dyndns.org (Steve Greenland)
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This note is being sent as part of a project to clean out old (> 1yr)
debian-policy proposals. If you disagree with action below please
respond to bug#@bugs.debian.org, not to me, so that the discussion may
be carried out publically in debian-policy. Feel free to re-open the
bug while it's being discussed -- I'm not trying to force any
particular disposition, just taking my best shot at resolving dead
issues.
Bug #43928: libc and kernel source policy
Summary: Arguments for and against including a specific set of kernel
headers in the libc source vs. depending on a specific kernel-header
package vs. just taking whatever's installed. Concensus seemed to be
that current situation is "best" (most stable, fewest luser bug
reports) and those that actually need newer kernel headers are also
those who are most capable of understanding the right way to get them.
Discussion: I'm not sure why this is still open -- consensus was
clearly for status quo.
Action: close
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