On Sunday 06 Apr 2003 16:19, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Sunday April 6 2003 08:29 am, Peter Watson wrote: > > On Saturday 05 Apr 2003 18:43, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > On Saturday April 5 2003 08:11 am, pete wrote: > > > > Before I move to 9.1 there is something I have never understood > > > > on 9.0 and previous releases, I would be grateful for an > > > > explanation. > > > > > > > > I have installed :- > > > > > > > > kernel-source 2.4.19-16mdk > > > > kernel-headers 2.4.18-41mdk > > > > > > > > Why the different version numbers and what are the > > > > implications? > > > > > > headers are tied to glibc. source should match the kernel > > > version. The switch was made around 2.4.11 IIRC. Lately there > > > are no kernel-header rpms, being part of glibc now. I think > > > that's been for several months. > > > > Tom > > > > excuse my stupidity but I'm still not clear on this. Why are they > > both not the same version? > > > > TIA > > > > Pete > > Ardnamurchan Scotland > > Well, it's not stupidity, unless I am too :) I don't entirely > understand the change either. You can search the archives of the > cooker ML, or the linux-kernel ML for better explainations. > > Seems what was called kernel-headers were actually glibc headers > all along. kernel-source contains the actual kernel headers. By > completely integrating the headers into glibc, they don't need to be > updated unless glibc is, and are not as dependent on kernel version. > > > Like I said, if I understood it better, I could explain it better ;)
Thanks Tom - thats clearer now - all this thinking makes my brain hurt :-)
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