Re: Linus's include file strategy redux

[offer@sgi.com (richard offer)]

In article <91gr99$bs81o$1@fido.engr.sgi.com> you write:
>
>[Dana Lacoste]
>> Essentially, whatever solution is implemented MUST ensure :
>> 
>> 1 - glibc will work properly (the headers in /usr/include/* don't
>>     change in an incompatible manner)
>> 
>> 2 - programs that need to compile against the current kernel MUST
>>     be able to do so in a quasi-predictable manner.
>
>(2) is bogus.  NO program needs to compile against the current kernel
>headers.  The only things that need to compile against the current
>kernel headers are kernel modules and perhaps libc itself.  

Or userland libraries/applications that need to bypass libc and make
direct kernel calls because libc hasn't yet implemented those new
kernel calls.

>
>Peter

richard.


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