Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:28:53 +0200 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 'make headers_install' kbuild target. |
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> >... > > What exactly is the problem with creating the userspace ABI in > include/kabi/ and letting distributions do an > cd /usr/include && ln -s kabi/* . > ? > > Or with creating the userspace ABI in include/kabi/ and letting > distributions install the subdirs of include/kabi/ directly under > /usr/include? > > These are two doable approaches with a new kabi/ that avoid needless > breaking of userspace.
First off: There are many other users that poke direct in the kernel source also.
Secondly and more importantly: Introducing kabi/ you will have a half solution where several users will have to find their stuff in two places for a longer period. kabi/ does not allow you to do it incrementally - it requires you to move everything over from a start. You may argue that you can just move over a little bit mroe than needed but then we ruin the incremental approach.
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