Re: libc6-dev and kernel headers
Hi,
>>"Bob" == Bob Hilliard <hilliard@metrolink.net> writes:
Bob> I have had kernel-source-2.0.32 installed, and have just
Bob> installed kernel-source-2.0.33. libc6-dev can not be configured
Bob> because it wants kernel-headers-2.0.32. I want to keep
Bob> kernel-source-2.0.32 installed; is it really necessary to install
Bob> the headers as well?
Yes. Kernel-sources are arch independent, and are not enough
to satisfy the libc requirements on all architectures.
Bob> In /usr/src, linux and linux-2.0.33 are symlinks to
Bob> kernel-source-2.0.33, and linux-2.0.32 is a symlink to
Bob> kernel-source-2.0.32. Would it satisfy the dependencies if I
Bob> made the symlink 'linux' point to kernel-source-2.0.32? If so,
Bob> would that interfere with using kernel-package?
Umm, no, not with the latest libc6-dev, this would have no
effect.
Please look at /usr/doc/kernel-source-2.0.33/README.headers
for a more detailed explanation.
manoj
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