Re: /usr/include/linux, /usr/include/asm, ...
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > So, what else are the links good for? Most programs do not
> > (and should not) depend on kernel version specific api's; and the
> > handful that do should ask for and include -I/usr/src/linux anyway.
>
> Has anyone had any luck compiling (z)ftape 3.02 on debian, then?
> I've tried, but it (reasonably) requires current kernel headers,
> and despite adding the above to several Makefiles, it still
> does not look in /usr/src/linux first.
>
> Besides, the gcc manual page says: -I "Append directory <dir>
> to the list of directories searched for include files.",
> which implies that -I/usr/src/linux will be added to the
> very end of the search path, after /usr/include; ie this will
> really do nothing except for new (as opposed to updated)
> kernel header files. It certainly does not work for me.
>
>
Actually, the correct choice is -I/usr/src/linux/include/
And Include paths that are put on the command line get used before any
standard paths. I use this to my benefit many times. You have to do
this to compile recent modutils, any kernel modules, etc...
Works great if you get the right directory.
Good Luck,
Erv
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