Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Dec 2004 10:56:04 +0100 | From | Andries Brouwer <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Splitting kernel headers and deprecating __KERNEL__ |
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On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 06:05:20PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> Bluntlly, I don't understand why "#include <linux/version.h>" and several > #ifdefs is an improvement on "#include <linux/loop.h>" with no #ifdefs.
Look at the history of util-linux.
Of course it did the latter. Up to the point that broke. Then invented a silly workaround. Up to the point that broke. Then tried something else. Up to the point that broke. Then gave up including this particular header and made a private copy. Again, there is some painful history with the private copy. I showed the current version.
You see - util-linux advertises: all kernels, all archs, all libc versions since 4.6.27. If the kernel improves today, it is too late for util-linux.
But yes, the include situation is painful. It seems there is some recent progress. We'll see what happens.
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