On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 07:02:36PM +1000, Russell wrote: > I found some interesting things from > http://www.opensound.com/linux-x86.html : > > The problem under Debian and SuSE is that the linux kernel is > not installed under /usr/src/linux - so you just need to ensure > that /usr/src/linux links to the directory containing the Linux > kernel sources. Additionally, Debian and SuSE ships with > /usr/include/linux and /usr/include/asm that are directories > that are the header files that are used to build Debian or SuSE. > These technically should be the header files from the kernel > source tree so you really have to remove these directories and > link /usr/include/linux and /usr/include/asm to the kernel > source directory. Please follow the steps below.
That is absolutely terrible advice. It's a very good way to break a Debian system, and you should ignore it. Linus doesn't recommend this old way of doing things nowadays either. Instead, if you *need* kernel headers for something, alter the Makefiles so that their include path points to <wherever-your-kernel-source-is>/include/linux, etc. Most "normal" programs don't need kernel headers and in fact may break if you use them directly; instead they should be compiled against the headers with which glibc was built, which are the versions in /usr/include/linux and /usr/include/asm. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
