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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: FOLLOW UP: Problem building KDEMultimedia
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2003-07-10 7:13:36
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Andy Fawcett wrote:
> On Thursday 10 July 2003 05:25, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> 
> 
>>Suggested HACK:
>>
>>Make a directory: "kmultimedia/asm" and put a copy of the:
>>"byteorder.h" Kernel 2.4.20 header in it.
>>
>>Could this possibly help with the non-Linux problems (posted
>>previously)?
> 
> 
> That would probably cause more problems than it solves.
> 
It would depend on what in the header was being used.

> System headers are generally _very_ unportable between operating 
> systems, and frequently even between different versions of the same 
> operating systems.

Certainly true as a general statement.

However, the previous posting states that BSD [Surprise] doesn't have the: 
"linux/cdrom.h" header.  Perhaps such headers would need some hacking to 
work on another system.  And, one wonders why a Linux specific header was 
included without an alternative for other OSes.

--
JRT

 
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