Re: kernel Headers
On Fri, Mar 06, 1998 at 11:00:50AM -0500, Stephen Carpenter wrote:
> Steve Hsieh wrote:
>
> > A1: 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.
> >
>
> In that case I am just going to redo the sym-links to the real kernel source
> headersI feel I am experianced enough to deal with any problems like that
> which arise
> on the whole it should just make my life easier
The problems may be very subtle and hard to find. Note that the Debian way
is officially "blessed" by Linus Torvald himself, and that other
distributions will follow.
BTW: You should keep your own kernel tree in the /usr/local/src tree anyway
;)
> > By the way, the most recent OSS should take care of all of this stuff
> > automatically, I believe. I install OSS without having to touch any of
> > the links (which point to 2.0.32 headers). I am using kernel 2.0.33 and
> > OSS for 2.0.33 without any modifications or problems.
>
> It might...but it claims on the web page that it doesn't
> I got the 2.0.xx version and plan to upgrade to 2.0.33...
> I just upgraded to hamm 2 days ago but I still use 2.0.29 so
> I can hear sounds
> I am contemplating a jump to 2.1.84 ...OSS/Linux has a version fo rit...
> and I am running hamm "unstable" anyway....
Good luck. As you don't use the Lite version, it may work. The lite version
in the new kernel series is somewhat broken at the moment (a fact that may
not affect you).
> Thanx fo rthe info....I never would have thought that the libc FAQ would
> talk be where to find out about linux kernel headers strangeness
Strange, as the /usr/include hierarchy is part of the library development,
not of the kernel tree. The idea is that the kernel is self-contained.
Earlier versions had no symlinks at all, but a copy of the kernel header
files of a specific version in /usr/include/{linux,asm}.
So long,
Marcus
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