Shouldn't glibc-devel r: kernel-headers?

[Michal Moskal]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 08:58:54PM +0200, Jakub Bogusz wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 09:21:54PM +0200, Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:
> > > There are some situations when you should recompile
> > > your glibc, but they are rare.
> > 
> > Kernel 2.4+ headers are no longer intended to be used in userspace.
> > Eg., you must hack them in some places to use them with C++.
> 
> Where? I didn't change anything in 2.4 headers and don't see such
> problems (after recompiling glibc on those headers).
> But I did see strange type conflicts when I tried to use fresh kernel
> headers with glibc compiled on older headers (that was in 2.2.1x era).
> Those problems dissapeared after recompiling glibc.
> 
> > So providing own copy of hacked kernel-headers included into glibc-devel
> > seems to be the only choice when we switch into 2.4/2.6.
> 
> I agree - kernel headers in /usr/include/{asm,linux}, in glibc-devel
                                                ^^^^^

If program does include <linux/...> it probably should
-I/usr/src/linux.

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