On Tuesday 21 October 2003 13:52, C. Brewer wrote:
> Can someone clarify SLOT for me? I see the new kernel headers as N, which
> means they're slotted and I thought you could only slot when the packages
> didn't conflict. Since the ebuilds dont install to /usr/include/$PN/
> {linux,asm}, is this a problem?yes, because they'll just over write themselves ... SLOT will not work with linux-headers ... > Along a similar track, is it possible to have the 2.6 kernel headers > provide the virtuals that the linux-headers package provides? I mean if I'm > going to compile glibc again against new headers, might as well be for 2.6 > headers.... i dont think you've read the history on linux headers and their relationship with userspace ... please go through gmane.org and read up on sanitized headers/glibc headers/the likes ... yeah some stuff doesnt compile with 2.6.x headers, get over it ... at least that's my point of view ;) -mike
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