Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Oct 2003 11:49:06 -0600 | From | Erik Andersen <> | Subject | Re: Kernel includefile bug not fixed after a year :-( |
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On Wed Oct 01, 2003 at 10:48:45AM +0200, Paul Rolland wrote: > Hello, > > > A classic recent example is iproute, which uses kernel headers > > all over the place. It compiled with earlier 2.4.x kernels, but > > it no longer compiles 2.4.22. I've not bothered to try and fix > > it, but if it included its own set of sanitized kernel headers, > > it would not have had a problem. > > And if some IOCTLs were changed in between, in the kernel and > kernel headers ? > You end up with an application that you can compile, but doesn't > behave as expected ? What a progress :-(
People who change ioctl numbers needs their kneecaps broken. Regardless, I didn't say I liked the current situation. I just said that is the current officially sanctioned method of dealing with it,
-Erik
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