At Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:48:15 +0200 Hans-Werner Hilse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:50:56 -0400 Allan Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Does that mean I am at some risk with headers at a higher version than >> the kernel? I followed the advice at the end of the headers emerge >> and remerged glibc. > > Most probably no danger here. The interfaces of the kernel seldom > change that radical that a John Doe user would have to care. Also, most > software is supposed to leave the kernel headers alone anyway. And you > took care of glibc, so that's probably not going to cause headaches. > Since that was a re-emerge, it won't produce a new interface for > userland. > > I just explained why I found the first answer to your question somewhat > lacking of argumentation and the further answers to my post then were > just plain wrong. The moral is to never believe people who just claim > stuff without giving a good reasoning. thanks for the explanation. allan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
