Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Dec 1999 16:29:42 -0600 (CST) | From | Thomas Molina <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] asm*/resource.h fix for glibc |
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On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Alan Cox wrote: > > > fwiw, Red Hat 6.0 glibc-devel depends on kernel-headers. That means to > > > compile things with Glibc you have to have a set of kernel headers > > > installed. > > > > > > Which is always annoying because I /never/ want the same kernel headers > > > as the package manager would like there. > > > > Your glibc headers are dependant on a suitable set of kernel headers. Thats > > /usr/src/linux-2.2.12-20/... from memory - ie tied to a version. You don't > > want to remove those when you change your kernel version. Thats one reason > > they arent in /usr/src/linux/.. > > I don't see any version tie. > > glibc-devel includes references to <linux/*.h> headers not > <linux-version/*.h>, and no symlinks. kernel-headers includes the > symlinks but they are to /usr/src/linux. > > /usr/src/linux is a link to /usr/src/linux-VERSION, for whatever version > of kernel-headers is installed. glibc-devel is not involved in this. > > It doesn't take long before /usr/src/linux gets changed for obvious > reasons. Then a few things start working (i.e. programs using recent > ioctls, O_ flags that aren't in Glibc, that sort of thing).
I haven't had a kernel or kernel-headers rpm installed since early in the 2.1 series and haven't noticed any side effects from that aside from an annoying message when doing a system-wide package verification.
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