Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: Kernel 2.4.1 on RHL 6.2 | | From | Stephen "M." Williams <> | | Date | 10 Mar 2001 12:44:44 -0600 |
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Wow, I had no idea. I was following advice I received a long time ago from a mailing list. If I remove those symlinks how do I go about compiling the kernel without receiving the same errors as Srinath?
Thanks for the correction,
Steve
On 10 Mar 2001 18:28:09 +0000, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <200103101754.f2AHsUL04580@mailout1-100bt.midsouth.rr.com>, > Stephen "M." Williams <rootusr@midsouth.rr.com> wrote: > >Make sure you have the following symlinks in your /usr/include > >directory, assuming you're on an x86 machine: > >asm -> /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386/ > >linux -> /usr/src/linux/include/linux/ > > Note! You only have to have those symlinks on broken systems such > as Redhat. > > Sane systems such as Debian have a copy of the kernel header files > that the C library was compiled against in /usr/include/{linux,asm} > instead of symlinks to the kernel source. Do not play the symlink > trick on those systems. > > Before this turns into a flamewar: this has been discussed 20 or > so times before, and both Linus and the glibc developers agree > that you a distribution should do the latter. The headers you use > to compile userland binaries should be the same as the C library > was compiled against. > > If you need to compile a standalone module use -I/usr/src/linux/include > > Mike. > -- > Go not unto the Usenet for advice, for you will be told both yea and nay (and > quite a few things that just have nothing at all to do with the question). > -- seen in a .sig somewhere > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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