Messages in this thread | | | From | (Miquel van Smoorenburg) | Subject | Re: 2.2.x README missing info ? | Date | 29 Jan 1999 17:46:49 +0100 |
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In article <cistron.u8ogninl3o.fsf@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>, Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> wrote: >>>>>> DAVID BALAZIC writes: > > > Hi! > > I noticed that the 2.2.0/2.2.1 /usr/src/linux/README file > > doesn't mention linking /usr/include/{linux|asm|scsi} > > to /usr/src/linux/include/... > >Yes, that's on purpose. For libc5, you have to link all three, but >glibc has its own scsi subdirectory and therefore needs only linux and >asm. To avoid confusion the Linus decided to drop the reference >completly.
Especially since some distributions (Debian) don't need or want those symlinks at all. The libc6-dev package comes with known stable header files that are placed in /usr/include/{linux,asm} directly.
Mike. -- Indifference will certainly be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
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