Re: Linux 2.6.24.3 (if_addrlabel.h HEADERS_CHECK failure)

From: Stephen Hemminger
Date: Tue Feb 26 2008 - 10:29:59 EST


On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:38:47 +0000
Daniel Drake <dsd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >> We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.24.3
> >> kernel.
> >
> > When HEADERS_CHECK=y:
> >
> > make[3]: *** No rule to make target `/local/linsrc/linux-2.6.24.3/include/linux/if_addrlabel.h', needed by `/local/linsrc/linux-2.6.24.3/usr/include/linux/if_addrlabel.h'. Stop.
> > make[2]: *** [linux] Error 2
>
> This appears to have been caused by the patch titled:
>
> NET: Add if_addrlabel.h to sanitized headers.
>
> The patch only adds the unifdef-y entry for this header file, however
> that header was only added after 2.6.24.
>
> It seems that this patch was submitted to -stable in error. Stephen, can
> you confirm?

The patch was meant for 2.6.25 only.
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