>>>>> "Frédéric" == Frédéric L W Meunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Frédéric> Keith Owens wrote:
>> Rule 2. Any glibc that has a symlink from
>> /usr/include/{linux,asm} to /usr/src/linux/include/{linux,asm}
>> is wrong.
Frédéric> Such symlinks are created by the user.
>> Relying on /usr/include/{linux,asm} always pointing at the
>> current kernel source is broken as designed.
Frédéric> From glibc 2.2.1 FAQ:
Frédéric> 2.17. I have /usr/include/net and /usr/include/scsi as
Frédéric> symlinks into my Linux source tree. Is that wrong?
Frédéric> {PB} This was necessary for libc5, but is not correct
Frédéric> when using glibc. Including the kernel header files
Frédéric> directly in user programs usually does not work (see
Frédéric> question 3.5). glibc provides its own <net/*> and
Frédéric> <scsi/*> header files to replace them, and you may have
Frédéric> to remove any symlink that you have in place before you
Frédéric> install glibc. However, /usr/include/asm and
Frédéric> /usr/include/linux should remain as they were.
Frédéric> Keith, are you saying that glibc is wrong?
You both seem to be saying the same thing: that symlinks for
/usr/include/{linux,asm} are wrong.
Why try to argue when you agree?
(Debian does this right; last I heard Red-Hat didn't)
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Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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