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From: Javier Fernandez-Ivern <ivern@acm.org>
To: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Job 317 <job317@mailvault.com>,
	linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: HELP!! 2.6.x build problem with make xconfig
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 14:12:51 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4001CA63.9000300@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m33camdxsq.fsf@defiant.pm.waw.pl>

Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu writes:
> 
> 
>>>cd /usr/include
>>>rm asm linux scsi
>>>ln -fs /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386 asm
>>>ln -fs /usr/src/linux/include/linux linux
>>>ln -fs /usr/src/linux/include/scsi scsi
>>
>>Don't do that.
>>
>>Use what's in the glibc-kernheaders RPM for userspace, and let the kernel
>>provide its own headers for its use.
> 
> 
> GNU libc doesn't have (nor need) its own "kernel" headers and uses the
> kernel ones.
> You may live with "glibc-kernheaders" package only if it matches your
> system. If you're using a different (newer, modified etc) kernel then
> you need the symlinks or a copy (example: new ioctls + programs using
> them).
> 
> You may need to recompile the libc as well, if the libc-kernel (binary)
> interface has changed.

Sometimes there's a reason to use the old kernel headers...I still run 
several apps that can't grok the 2.6 headers, and will only compile with 
2.4 ones (and they work fine).  I have a couple of small scripts that 
switch the directories around when I need them, for convenience.  :)

Of course, the real solution would be to hack them to work with new 
headers, but I don't have the time for that at the moment.  *Sigh*

-- 
Javier Fernandez-Ivern

      reply	other threads:[~2004-01-11 22:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-01-11  0:00 HELP!! 2.6.x build problem with make xconfig Job 317
2004-01-11  0:19 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-01-11 20:40   ` Krzysztof Halasa
2004-01-11 22:12     ` Javier Fernandez-Ivern [this message]

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