Re: Linux 2.4-test9 kernel header flaw

2000-10-01 Thread Olaf Titz
> We really need a collection of include files that only > define the manifest constants and structures used for > communication with user space. These can then be used both > by glibc and by the kernel. This yields includes > and and the former defines a constant API. > It ideally never changes

Re: Linux 2.4-test9 kernel header flaw

2000-09-30 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Jeff Garzik wrote: > > On 29 Sep 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > By author:Andries Brouwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 03:41:41PM -0700, Jack Howarth wrote: > > > > > > > I find that the compi

Re: Linux 2.4-test9 kernel header flaw

2000-09-30 Thread Andries Brouwer
On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 04:10:51PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > I find that the compile of gnome-utils fails as follows... > > > > > > In file included from /usr/include/linux/string.h:21, > > > from /usr/include/linux/fs.h:23, > > > from badblocks.c:43:

Re: Linux 2.4-test9 kernel header flaw

2000-09-30 Thread Jeff Garzik
On 29 Sep 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > By author:Andries Brouwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 03:41:41PM -0700, Jack Howarth wrote: > > > > > I find that the compile of gnome-utils fails as follows...

Re: Linux 2.4-test9 kernel header flaw

2000-09-29 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:Andries Brouwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 03:41:41PM -0700, Jack Howarth wrote: > > > I find that the compile of gnome-utils fails as follows... > > > > In file included from /usr/include/linux/

Re: Linux 2.4-test9 kernel header flaw

2000-09-28 Thread Tom Rini
On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 01:41:09AM +0200, Andries Brouwer wrote: > On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 03:41:41PM -0700, Jack Howarth wrote: > > > I find that the compile of gnome-utils fails as follows... > > > > In file included from /usr/include/linux/string.h:21, > > from /usr/include

Re: Linux 2.4-test9 kernel header flaw

2000-09-28 Thread Andries Brouwer
On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 03:41:41PM -0700, Jack Howarth wrote: > I find that the compile of gnome-utils fails as follows... > > In file included from /usr/include/linux/string.h:21, > from /usr/include/linux/fs.h:23, > from badblocks.c:43: Yes, a well-known ph

Linux 2.4-test9 kernel header flaw

2000-09-28 Thread Jack Howarth
Hello, In building the RedHat 7.0 srpm for gnome-utils on linuxppc using glibc 2.1.94 and the Linux 2.4-test9 kernel I believe I have uncovered a flaw in the linux/fs.h header. Unless I apply a patch like below to linux/fs.h... --- fs.h.orgThu Sep 28 18:32:55 2000 +++ fs.hThu Sep