kernel-headers-2.4 module

[Jasper Huijsmans]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 02:04:58PM +0100, Moritz Heiber wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the current kernel-headers-2.4 module is a mess. It's the worst hack
> I've ever seen .. and it is more a pain than a gain. Nobody should be
> forced to recompile glibc in order to get the proper headers in place
> (not to even get to the part what happens when you're actually using
> 2.6.x).
> 
> So, I'd vote for either:
> 
> a) Go for symlinks again. Symlinks that are pointing to the right
> location for the headers inside the kernel source tree. We could still
> keep the kernel-headers-2.4 module .. but just turn it into a
> "do-symlinks"-sort of module.
> 
> or
> 
> b) Make up a "real" kernel-headers-2.4 module instead .. which means to
> keep the wrapped up kernel headers in a tarball on our mirrors.
> 
> So .. it's either a) or b). If somebody can point me to c) .. go for it.
> 

I would choose (b).

(c) could be to use redhat (or debian or suse or ...) 2.4 kernel headers,
which have been 'sanitized', like the 2.6 headers. Don't know if that is
needed or if it is available at all.