Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Feb 1999 02:08:45 -0500 (EST) | From | Vladimir Dergachev <> | Subject | Re: [Monty: Kernel interface changes (was Re: cdrecord problems on recent Linux versions)] |
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> >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. > > 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
> > Monty > > (PS: I'm not MIT Information Systems staff. I just build software there.) > > </flame> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------- End Forwarded Message > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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