Hello.

R.L. Horn wrote:
The kernel.  <linux/*> are kernel headers, not part of glibc, but the
distributors appear to have muddied the waters considerably.
No, this is not the decision of distributors
any more.

It sounds as though the distributors are maintaining multiple, possibly
disparate, copies of the kernel headers.  Whether this is to ease
installations without kernel sources or because 2.6 is so thoroughly
buggered up I don't know
Linux-related FAQs contains the precise
explanation for this:
http://www.linuxmafia.com/faq/Kernel/usr-src-linux-symlink.html

If nothing else, it occults kernel header problems, which might explain in part why they've been so long getting fixed.
AFAIK everything is fixed. There was the
problem with debian distro, but not any more
I think.
You erased and symlinked /usr/include/linux
on your own. Why do you expect the programs
to still compile or work correctly? I think
the above URL explains why you should not.

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