On Wednesday December 18 2002 11:16 am, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 23:55:27 -0300 > > Toshiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, your were right :), the kernel-headers version is > > 2.4.18-41mdk and the other packages are 2.4.19-16, but that's > > what's on the Mandrake CDs, is the 'kernel-headers' rpm the > > wrong version? > > The kernel-header rpm is provided by the glibc pkg Not the kernel > pkg. Its version used for the kernel headers rpm is therefore > dependent upon the version of the kernel used by the glibc build > system. > > Running 9.0 kernel-headers-2.4.18-41 is the correct version. > > > Charles>
Sure'nough, kernel headers have been parked in glibc for quite a while now. Closed source drivers that intrude (ie, (win/lin hardware), and applications that introduce crud into the kernel is on the way out. ...or so it seems http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/12/12/vanishing.html Recent, even older, lkml traffic, including Linus' opinion (from the start) of their intrusions in kernel space /libs indicates this past abiltiy is fixin to be very limited, seems even excluded. IMO, sooner the better. I believe it'll probly cut down on a sh!+load of tainted linux system bug reports, or at least make them more valid. Hopefully, nVidia, et al, is either gonna have to cough up source, or y'all can park their stuff on old kernels. I reckon they will in order to keep Hollywood and the growin linux business. Maybe? Hopefully IMO. It's sort'a kind'a getin down to 'put up or hush up' in the kernel and libs. 'Course I imagine they'll be work-arounds, then y'all can call your installs, "lin-doze" ... with about the same amount of security and ability to open support. howdy Charles, -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
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