Re: linux-kernel-headers foul-up
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 09:47:17AM +0800, csj wrote:
> Maybe it's time to file a serious bug report against
> linux-kernel-headers. IMHO there should at least be two header
> packages, one for 2.4 and another for 2.6. One could be
> installed by default, but if that breaks your system you could
> install the alternate.
No, this is WRONG, and it WILL NOT WORK. You can't swap in another set
of stuff under /usr/include/{linux,asm} that disagrees with what glibc
was compiled with. That hierarchy is chiefly for glibc's internal use;
applications were never supposed to use it directly.
Applications that need kernel headers should make and use sanitized
private copies of the relevant interfaces in kernel headers. They should
never care about what happens to be in /usr/include/{linux,asm}.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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