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SubjectRe: [Monty: Kernel interface changes (was Re: cdrecord problems on recent Linux versions)]


> >I noticed that with the current Debian (and probably other distributions
> >aswell) that /usr/include/linux, /usr/include/asm, and /usr/include/scsi
> >are copies of the equivalent 2.0.36 kernel directories, rather than
> >symlinks to the current kernel source.
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> All the major distributions now package the kernel headers seperately
> from the kernel source. And, yes, it's caused minor build/debug
> nightmares for those who didn't realize it, but this is a minor evil
> as evils go.

Ummmm Slackware doesn't. What it does is make a symlink (as it should be)
and install headers in /usr/src/linux/include. So that when you
install the kernel (from a distribution or by hand) they get
moved/overwritten and you don't have any problems.
Makes one wonder why Redhat couldn't do this ?

Vladimir Dergachev

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> (PS: I'm not MIT Information Systems staff. I just build software there.)
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