Charles Maybe so... but unfortunately, it doesn't work when building
AFS.  The probram there can't find the headers.  Period.  Can on RH can
on SuSe can on Gentoo.... but not mandrake.  I have the following.

kernel-source-2.4.18-6mdk
kernel-headers-2.4.18-25mdk
kernel-2.4.18.6mdk-1-1mdk

and glibc is

glibc-devel-2.2.4-25mdk
glibc-profile-2.2.4-25mdk
glibc-2.2.4-25mdk
glibc_lsb-devel-2.2.90-4mdk
glibc_lsb-2.2.90-4mdk


The error in compiling is that 2.4.18-6 doesn't match 2.4.18-25.....
hence the problem... Now if headers are in glibc and I upgrade to say a
2.6 kernel I'll really be out of whack because I can't go to a glibc
Higher since they are all now built with gcc 3.0 not 2.96 (short of
re-installing the entire OS) ..... I understand the logic .... however
any logical conclusion begins with a premise... and all premises do
reach an end.  The problem is compatibility.  When Linux was
pre-mainstream it wasn't as big an issue because it had little effect. 
But when companies start basing their entire company's data structure on
Linux it's an unbelievably important one.  Why else would there still be
companies running 35 year old Cobol programs....?  Lack of a way to
upgrade.

James



On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 17:17:56 -0400
Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority

> On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 13:49:20 +0000
> James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Great... this is not good.  
> > 
> >   Why.. I run Win4Lin  which means it's a non stock kernel but
> >   Mandrake
> > blessed and approved... so no matter what I do I can never have
> > headers that match my kernel.   Which means I need to go to RH or
> > some other distro to build an AFS server..... Not cool at all from
> > my standpoint. headers and kernel will never match...
>  
> 
> You are missing the point.
> kernel-headers match kernel version not release.
> The kernel header pkg needs to be update Only if you update the
> version of glibc which you are using.
> The kernel-header rpm for the version of glibc shipped with 8.2 can be
> used with ALL 2.4.18 kernels.
> This is why headers was split from the kernel pkg.
> 
> 
>     Charles
> 
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