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Subject: Re: [PATCH] asm*/resource.h fix for glibc
From: Ben Collins <bcollins () debian ! org>
Date: 1999-12-17 1:01:47
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On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 06:39:00PM -0500, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> In message <83bn5f$923$1@enterprise.cistron.net>, Miquel van Smoorenburg
> writes
> :
> +-----
> | If glibc-devel has /usr/include/linux -> /usr/src/linux-2.2.5-20/include/linux
> | is there any reason not to put the 2.2.5-20 kernel headers directly
> | into /usr/include instead of via a symlink ?
> +--->8
>
> Because some of us upgrade our kernels without going through the whole RPM
> rigmarole and would prefer to be able to change one or two symlinks instead
> of copying all the headers?
Well if the glibc-devel package comes with the headers, and you want to
use others, then rm -rf /usr/include/linux, and symlink. However, most new
users who just want to mess around with hello.c and crack open a basic C
book, don't want to worry about kernel versions and symlinks.
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