Re: Help with hamm needed! Where did GetOpt.h, Regex.h, generic.h etc. , go?

[Jens Ritter <jens@weh.rwth-aachen.de>]

Ed Cogburn <ecogburn@greene.xtn.net> writes:

> Igor Bubel wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am using Debian to develop and add software modules to a larger program
> > for a software company. Recently, I successfully updated my Debian 1.3 to 2.0,
> > using autoup.sh and then dselect to get the latest packages. So far, all
> > works fairly well, until I start compiling the software of the company. It
> > seems as if I have not installed all header files like GetOpt.h, Regex.h,
> > generic.h etc. I found in the mailing list archive that popt.h does
> > replace GetOpt.h if I understood it correctly. But I couldn't find any
> > information about generic.h and Regex.h.
> > 
> > My question is: Could someone kindly pinpoint me to documentation or to a
> > solution for this problem? Why are these header files not included into
> > Debian anymore?
> > 
> > Thank you very much in advance.
> > 
> > Igor Bubel
> > 
> 
> 
> 	You'll find those files in the 'libc6-dev' package.

All the -dev files have been removed before update (because of
incompatibilities). 

Jens
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