Re: Why from there?
Khimenko Victor (khim@sch57.msk.ru)
Thu, 14 May 1998 15:35:26 +0400 (MSD)
14-May-98 00:25 you wrote:
> > There are symbolic links from
>
> > /usr/include/linux to /usr/src/linux/include/linux
> > /usr/include/asm to /usr/src/linux/include/asm
>
> > Which would break if we moved to a version number scheme. Every time
> > you update to a new version of the kernel, you would need to remember to
> > update the symlinks.
>
> Why? Surely those links should be updated in the makefile as part of
> the "make zImage" and "make modules" steps so that the compilation
> process can guarantee that they're set correctly for that compile?
>
You not need this links for kernel compilation at all. Only for libc...
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