Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4-test9 kernel header flaw | Date | 29 Sep 2000 16:10:51 -0700 |
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Followup to: <20000929014109.A15021@veritas.com> By author: Andries Brouwer <aeb@veritas.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 03:41:41PM -0700, Jack Howarth wrote: > > > I find that the compile of gnome-utils fails as follows... > > > > In file included from /usr/include/linux/string.h:21, > > from /usr/include/linux/fs.h:23, > > from badblocks.c:43: > > Yes, a well-known phenomenon. > Kernel headers are to compile the kernel. > They are not for inclusion in user programs. >
It really doesn't work in practice. There are enough things that really need it.
We really need #ifdef __KERNEL__ (or is that #ifdef _LINUX now?) in the appropriate places.
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