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

Greg KH
2008-02-26T20:12:29Z

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