Re: [Cooker] kernel-headers: why do they install in /usr/include?

2001-04-10 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Andrej Borsenkow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 10 Apr 2001, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > > > > > for user applications /lib/mod*/*/build is for drivers > > > > Why additional indirection and not simply /usr/src/linux-`uname -r`? to have the release also.. -- MandrakeSoft Inc

Re: [Cooker] kernel-headers: why do they install in /usr/include?

2001-04-10 Thread Andrej Borsenkow
On 10 Apr 2001, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > > for user applications /lib/mod*/*/build is for drivers > Why additional indirection and not simply /usr/src/linux-`uname -r`? -andrej

Re: [Cooker] kernel-headers: why do they install in /usr/include?

2001-04-10 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Jürgen Zimmermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok. But this raises one more question: > Why are the asm/linux-Includes both provided in kernel-headers AND > kernel-source? > Couldn't the "few" different files be generated on demand, especially > the > module versions, which do not work for SMP

Re: [Cooker] kernel-headers: why do they install in /usr/include?

2001-04-10 Thread Jürgen Zimmermann
Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > > Jürgen Zimmermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello, > > I wonder why the kernel-headers for 2.4 kernels do install in > > /usr/include? > > Isn't it sufficient to install them in /usr/src/linux-2.4.*/include > > and set appropriate symlinks from > > /usr/includ

Re: [Cooker] kernel-headers: why do they install in /usr/include?

2001-04-10 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Jürgen Zimmermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > I wonder why the kernel-headers for 2.4 kernels do install in > /usr/include? > Isn't it sufficient to install them in /usr/src/linux-2.4.*/include > and set appropriate symlinks from > /usr/include/asm -> /usr/src/linux/include/asm > /usr/

[Cooker] kernel-headers: why do they install in /usr/include?

2001-04-10 Thread Jürgen Zimmermann
Hello, I wonder why the kernel-headers for 2.4 kernels do install in /usr/include? Isn't it sufficient to install them in /usr/src/linux-2.4.*/include and set appropriate symlinks from /usr/include/asm -> /usr/src/linux/include/asm /usr/include/linux -> /usr/src/linux/include/linux The "problem"