On 20011115 Juan Quintela wrote: >>>>>> "fabrice" == Fabrice FACORAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Hi > >>> That will be fixed, kernel-source package needs to be rethought >>> (kernel-headers needs to dissapear and be included in glibc), > >fabrice> what ? glibc ? Do you mean that files in kernel-headers never change ? >fabrice> Upgrade my whole glibc just to match my kernel version seems to be a >fabrice> pain. On top of that I believed that glibc developer didn't want to be >fabrice> too linux specific ? you're going to be flame by RMS : lol > >No, that is the point, you don't update glibc each time that you >updates the kernel, that means that you need to have around the >headers of the kernel with which you compiled glibc, not the ones of >the running kernel. > >And that is the normal approach, glibc should include their own kernel >headers, and only change them when the glibc maintainer knows why he >needs to change that. >
What should be done is to split the public part of the kernel headers from the private one that changes so much. Do you know if there are any plans about that for 2.5 ? -- J.A. Magallon # Let the source be with you... mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mandrake Linux release 8.2 (Cooker) for i586 Linux werewolf 2.4.15-pre4-beo-2 #1 SMP Thu Nov 15 13:02:43 CET 2001 i686
