Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:22:18 +0100 | | From | Miquel van Smoorenburg <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] asm*/resource.h fix for glibc |
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According to Jamie Lokier: > glibc-devel has /usr/include/linux -> /usr/src/linux/include/linux > kernel-headers has /usr/src/linux -> /usr/src/linux-VERSION > > This works the same as Debian if you use the standard packages. > Upgrading kernel-headers does the right thing. > > But it's also friendly to kernel hackers.
Oh yes. When you unpack a kernel in /usr/src, you overwrite the kernel-headers package -> things are broken bigtime
> So if you're hacking kernel like me and keep the current source in > /usr/src/linux, /usr/include/linux refers to your developing source no > matter what the packaging system does, say when you upgrade. I find > this cool.
Why. You don't NEED to have /usr/include/linux matching the kernel you run or hack on. Read Linus' message. He's smarter than you ;)
Mike.
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