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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] asm*/resource.h fix for glibc
From:       Ben Collins <bcollins () debian ! org>
Date:       1999-12-18 3:06:07
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On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 09:13:30PM -0500, Jim Breton wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> 
> > > This works the same as Debian if you use the standard packages.
> > > Upgrading kernel-headers does the right thing.
> > > 
> > > But it's also friendly to kernel hackers.
> > 
> > Oh yes. When you unpack a kernel in /usr/src, you overwrite the
> > kernel-headers package -> things are broken bigtime
> 
> 
> I always unpack kernel sources into /usr/local/src/ so as not to blow away
> anything the distro (Debian) may have put into /usr/src/.

The kernel-headers package isn't used by the libc6-dev package. The only
reason it is available is for compiling glibc itself. So unless you plan
on doing that, remove all of your kernel-headers packages. You can then
install whatever you like in /usr/src with no fear of breaking the systems
header files.

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