On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 05:01:39PM +0100, David Balazic wrote:
> Hi!
>
> This problem again :-)
>
> I purchase/download a program for linux.
> It says it requires certain kernel features, for example :
> CONFIG_PROC_FS,CONFIG_NET,CONFIG_INET
If it wants THOSE, it is asking for wrong abstraction layer
information.
No userspace program (beside of special sysadmin tools) should
be poking into PROC_FS. The NET interface abstraction is already
wrapped inside libc.
> How can I figure out in 5 minutes, without a kernel hacker, if
> my linux system has the correct settings ?
Good software gives clear diagnostics if some necessary facility
is missing at runtime.
> This is a real life question, probably more suitable to ask
> on some distributions mail list, but I thought I'll start here.
>
> TIA,
> david
> --
> David Balazic
/Matti Aarnio
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