Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.24.3 (if_addrlabel.h HEADERS_CHECK failure)

[Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:01:37 -0800
Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 07:29:43AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:38:47 +0000
> > Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > >> We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.24.3
> > > >> kernel.
> > > > 
> > > > When HEADERS_CHECK=y:
> > > > 
> > > > make[3]: *** No rule to make target `/local/linsrc/linux-2.6.24.3/include/linux/if_addrlabel.h', needed by `/local/linsrc/linux-2.6.24.3/usr/include/linux/if_addrlabel.h'.  Stop.
> > > > make[2]: *** [linux] Error 2
> > > 
> > > This appears to have been caused by the patch titled:
> > > 
> > > 	NET: Add if_addrlabel.h to sanitized headers.
> > > 
> > > The patch only adds the unifdef-y entry for this header file, however 
> > > that header was only added after 2.6.24.
> > > 
> > > It seems that this patch was submitted to -stable in error. Stephen, can 
> > > you confirm?
> > 
> > The patch was meant for 2.6.25 only. 
> 
> So should it be reverted?  David sent it to me for some reason :)
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

yes. please revert it for next build.