ferret@phonewave.net wrote:
>
> On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Matthew Vanecek wrote:
>
> > Steve Dodd wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 01:04:47PM +0100, Adam Sampson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Also, what's the official stance on what headers should be in
> > > > /usr/include/linux? The glibc 2.1.3 documentation says that
> > > > /usr/include/linux and usr/include/asm should be symlinks into the source
> > > > tree, but this hasn't been true for a long time now. Where should we get
> > > > the "new" headers from?
> > >
> > > $ dpkg -S /usr/include/linux
> > > libc6-dev: /usr/include/linux
> > >
> > > IOW, your libc headers package should include the kernel headers it was
> > > built against, I think.
> >
> > Are we trying to have a strict demarcation between Linux kernel headers,
> > and glibc headers? So that /usr/included/linux should come from glibc?
> > My /usr/include/asm and /usr/include/linux have been links into the
> > source tree for the last 5 years. Whenever someone complains about
> > missing headers, the de facto answer is "Do you have these symlinks?".
> > Look it up in the archives of almost any linux help list or newsgroup.
> > The simple fact of the matter is that for most people, the current
> > source tree contains the directories to which the links in /usr/include
> > point. The leaders of Linux kernel development may think they know
> > better, but according to common convention, and to glibc documentation,
> > /usr/include/linux, /usr/include/asm, etc., point to the current source
> > tree.
> [major snippage]
>
> What is considered the "current" source tree?
>
> Sometimes I use one machine to compile kernels and software for other
> machines, and I keep several different kernel versions around, under
> /usr/src/linux-<kernel version>. I even occationally cross-compile for
> Sparc linux.
>
> Perhaps this needs to become a kernel/glibc RFC?
Sounds like a plan to me. Peter W. made a point I hadn't considered, as
well, which supports my [theory|complaint|hot air|whatever]:
>
> There's also the point that the kernel build "make dep"
> puts those symlinks in place. (/usr/include/linux /usr/include/asm).
>
> Peter
> ----------------------------------
> Peter Waltenberg
> Software Engineer
> IBM Software Group, Gold Coast
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