On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 07:46 -0800, Dan Nicholson wrote: > On 11/30/05, Feldmeier Bernd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello guys, > > > > I created a LFS 6.1.1 test system. > > But is there a problem if I use > > the latest kernel version ? > > > > Because Using Linux-Libc-Headers version > > and latest kernel version differs? > > It's perfectly fine as far as I know. Every major distro does it. In > fact one of the main reasons to install l-l-h is so the glibc you > installed will always have a known set of headers to interface with > the kernel. All that happens is that your glibc can't use the new > kernel features that come up, but other applications that are aware of > them can. > > For instance, 2.6.14 includes something called FUSE (File Systems in > Userspace) which allows ordinary users to mount various filesystems in > userspace (I'm bungling the description). Anyway, my l-l-h headers > are 2.6.12.0, but I updated the kernel to 2.6.14.2 and used the FUSE > interface to my heart's content. Just an example.
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