Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Dec 1999 20:01:47 -0500 | From | Ben Collins <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] asm*/resource.h fix for glibc |
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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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