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From: Matthew Reppert <repp0017@tc.umn.edu>
To: weeteck@linux.net
Cc: Mark Hahn <hahn@physics.mcmaster.ca>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel include file
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 21:07:17 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1070939237.24409.5.camel@minerva> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031207161929.7E0953951@sitemail.everyone.net>

On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 10:19, Neo Wee Teck wrote:
> Hmm... wrong idea...
> 
> <new kernel>/include/linux
> 
> update to..
> 
> /usr/include/linux
> 
> Should I?

No.

The headers in /usr/include/linux "belong to" glibc and should never be
changed, as it may cause newly compiled programs to break in nasty and
subtle ways.

kernelnewbies.org has a nice FAQ item on this.

Matt


  reply	other threads:[~2003-12-09  3:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-12-07 16:19 Kernel include file Neo Wee Teck
2003-12-09  3:07 ` Matthew Reppert [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-12-07 15:54 Neo Wee Teck

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