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On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 02:45:37PM +0000, John Peter wrote:
> Hello all
>
> I would like to understand why, if someone has the time to explain it ...
>
> I have Sarge and 2.4.22 kernel ( installed and configured by me from
> sources).
> I allready had installed gaim_0.72-1 wich was compiled from sources and a
> .deb produced with Checkinstall .
> No kernel headers where needed - perhaps because it was built against
> the installed
> kernel?
> Now I removed (purged) the installed version, changed the distro in
> sources.list to
> sid and installed the very same version of gaim but it installed
> linux-kernel-headers
> for the 2.5.999 version - does this just mean it was built with this
> kernel ?And does
> it really need them ( the headers) ?
Gaim depends on libc6 - libc6 in sid now depends on the package currenty
known as linux-kernel-headers. The 'odd-looking' version number doesn't
need to match your running kernel because this package contains private
headers for libc6, which originated from the kernel; rather than
anything tied to the kernel you are running.
Some people are currently debating whether or not calling this package
linux-kernel-headers is too confusing.
--
Jon Dowland
http://jon.dowland.name/
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