module: glibc

[Jasper Huijsmans]

Jerry Lundström wrote:

>Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
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>>The _whole_ point of the kernel-headers package (at least for 2.6, 
>>because there isn't any for 2.4) is that glibc should NOT be compiled 
>>against raw kernel headers.
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>We will never be able to escape this since some programs do that.
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>>So, either we don't do kernel-header packages and compile against 
>>current kernel sources -- note this is not recommended by Linus -- or we 
>>have a userspace header package with sanitized headers for 2.6 with a 
>>fallback home-made solution for 2.4.
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>Hmm, that doesnt make sense, why should you use your kernel versions 
>headers?
>For the 2.4 vs 2.6 I can see a point to let programs catch up to 2.6 .
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>>Building against kernel sources _and_ having a kernel-header package 
>>doesn't really make sense.
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>Well, my situations is my own since I don't use the kernel package or 
>the kernel-headers package, I just didnt want lunar to mess up my own 
>headers when there was no point.
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Yeah, I think that's what we should support. Install a kernel-header 
package from lunar or fix your own headers in whatever way you like. 
Either way, glibc should build against userspace headers in 
/usr/include/linux, never to any kernel source tree directly.

    Jasper