Re: Linux Kernel include files

David Woodhouse
2007-06-28T10:37:28Z

On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 12:27 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 16:00 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > > Warning: *** linux/ext2_fs.h is not usable at all ***
> > > Warning: *** This makes it impossible to support Linux file flags ***
> > > You may try to compile using 'make COPTX=-DTRY_EXT2_FS'
> >
> > Again, can you be _specific_? Amusing though your consistent 'Lunix is
> > broken' chants are, the only reason I'm bothering to participate in this
> > thread is on the off-chance that something _productive_ will come of it.
>
> I have been forced to add this test as too many people reported that they
> have no been able to compile star on their Linux distribution.

But do you not know _why_? What exactly are you testing _for_?

Bug reports which merely say 'is broken' are not helpful.

> > By the way, your mailer seems to be sometimes omitting In-Reply-To: and
> > References: headers, which RFC2822 says you SHOULD include in replies.
>
> Sending such accusation without knowing the reason is not polite.

It's not an accusation -- it's merely an observation. You may not have
noticed that your mailer was misbehaving; now you _do_ know, and if you
care about RFC compliance you might want to fix it. You're not _obliged_
to fix it, of course. I just thought you'd like to know.

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dwmw2