Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Dec 1999 00:31:04 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] asm*/resource.h fix for glibc |
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Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > If glibc-devel has /usr/include/linux -> > /usr/src/linux-2.2.5-20/include/linux is there any reason not to put > the 2.2.5-20 kernel headers directly into /usr/include instead of via > a symlink ?
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.
Because when kernel-headers is upgraded, it only deletes the /usr/src/linux link _if_ the current link points to the package dir, and only recreates the link _if_ the current /usr/src/linux is a not a dir. (Odd logic but it works out).
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.
Alan, please don't change this behaviour of RH; it's cool.
-- Jamie
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