Re: bcc dpmi ver1.2.0

Stas Sergeev
2004-06-14T10:45:31Z

Hello.

R.L. Horn wrote:
> The kernel. <linux/*> are kernel headers, not part of glibc, but the
> distributors appear to have muddied the waters considerably.
No, this is not the decision of distributors
any more.

> It sounds as though the distributors are maintaining multiple, possibly
> disparate, copies of the kernel headers. Whether this is to ease
> installations without kernel sources or because 2.6 is so thoroughly
> buggered up I don't know
Linux-related FAQs contains the precise
explanation for this:
http://www.linuxmafia.com/faq/Kernel/usr-src-linux-symlink.html

> If nothing else, it occults kernel header problems, which might explain
> in part why they've been so long getting fixed.
AFAIK everything is fixed. There was the
problem with debian distro, but not any more
I think.
You erased and symlinked /usr/include/linux
on your own. Why do you expect the programs
to still compile or work correctly? I think
the above URL explains why you should not.