Steve Hsieh wrote: > On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Stephen Carpenter wrote: > > > Can someone explain to me please this whole debian kernel headers > > thing? >
<snip> > > then I got curious here at work (I am installing at home) and noticed > > that /usr/include/linux is a sym link to /usr/src/kerenel-headers-xxx > > why i sthis so? > > See the /usr/doc/libc* FAQ.. Excerpt: > <snip> > A1: Occasionally, changes in the kernel headers cause problems with > the compilation of libc and of programs that use libc. To ensure that > users are not affected by these problems, we configure libc to use the > headers from a kernel that is known to work with libc. > In that case I am just going to redo the sym-links to the real kernel source headersI feel I am experianced enough to deal with any problems like that which arise on the whole it should just make my life easier > By the way, the most recent OSS should take care of all of this stuff > automatically, I believe. I install OSS without having to touch any of > the links (which point to 2.0.32 headers). I am using kernel 2.0.33 and > OSS for 2.0.33 without any modifications or problems. It might...but it claims on the web page that it doesn't I got the 2.0.xx version and plan to upgrade to 2.0.33... I just upgraded to hamm 2 days ago but I still use 2.0.29 so I can hear sounds I am contemplating a jump to 2.1.84 ...OSS/Linux has a version fo rit... and I am running hamm "unstable" anyway.... Thanx fo rthe info....I never would have thought that the libc FAQ would talk be where to find out about linux kernel headers strangeness -Steve -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
