%% Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
bn> In Debian, the headers in /usr/include/linux and /usr/include/asm are
bn> not symlinks to the kernel source, but are supplied by libc6-dev. As
bn> this is periodically upgraded, they may be based on newer kernels--the
bn> current potato version comes from 2.2.9.
Uhmm...
bn> What I did to compile the vmware modules is to mv /usr/lib/linux to some
bn> other location and replace it with a symlink to the headers in my 2.2.10
bn> kernel source.
That's what I did, too. Didn't stop me, I was just curious.
bn> You can probably use symlinks all the time, but you should read
bn> /usr/doc/libc6-dev/FAQ.Debian.gz to understand the rationale as to
bn> why the headers are packaged this way.
'Kay, I will when I get home.
PS. I must say, without have read the rationale, that this seems _very_
drain bamaged to me (shipping the kernel headers with the libc
package, I mean). Maybe I will be enlighted by the FAQ :)
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