Re: kernel-headers-2.0.32 vs. kernel-headers-2.0.33
Hi,
>>"George" == George Bonser <grep@oriole.sbay.org> writes:
George> On 12 Apr 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
kernel-source-> version> may not supply the same headers as
kernel-headers-> version>, especially on non intel hardware. There
>> fore the dependency in libc6-dev is correct.
>>
George> The problems I saw were in installing a kernel-source package
George> when you had a header package and the symlinks in /usr/include
George> are left pointing at the kernel-header directory. This is not
George> very nice when you have 2.0.29 kernel headers and then install
George> 2.0.32 kernel source.
This is precisely as intended. The libc6-dev depends on
kernel-headers-<version> for a reason. What difference does the
kernel-source make anyway? You should be using the headers your libc6
was compiled with, not just any kernel headers.
manoj
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