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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Summerfield
> > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 6:00 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Missing kernel-headers in latest 2.2.17 update?
> >
> > The correct kernel headers to have in place are those used to
> > compile your glibc. You do not want other kernel headers. Ever.
> > Not even if you run a 2.5 kernel on RHL 6.0.
> >
> > Additionally, you should not put the kernel source in
> > /usr/src/linux because (prior to RHL 7.x) that stuffs up the
> > kernel headers.
>
> Umm... when you are compiling a kernel module, it DEFINITELY needs to be
> compiled with the kernel headers
> of the kernel it will run under. Kernel modules have no knowledge of glibc
> and are completely unaffected
but they should not be using anything from the kernel-headers package. They
want the headers from the source tree.
> by it. RHL7 at least lets you have a separate /usr/src/linux so that, if
> done right, products like
> VMware can find the headers of the running kernel.....
I don't know about VMWare, but if it expects to find the headers for the
active kernel in /usr/include it's broken.
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