Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Sep 2021 18:01:58 +0100 | From | Paul Cercueil <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: Remove net/ipx.h and uapi/linux/ipx.h header files |
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Hi,
>> IPX is marked obsolete for serveral years. so remove it and the >> dependency in linux tree. >> I'm sorry to not thinking about linux-audit and strace. >> Might you remove the dependency or make the part of the code. >> Many thanks. > > Unfortunately, that is not how UAPI works. That change breaks > building > of the existing code; one cannot change already released versions > of either audit, strace, or any other userspace program that happens > to unconditionally include <linux/ipx.h> without any fallback (like > <netipx/ipx.h> provided by glibc).
Also, the <netipx/ipx.h> fallback is only provided by glibc (and maybe uclibc?). With this patch, it is now impossible to compile even the very latest version of "strace" with a musl toolchain.
Cheers, -Paul
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