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

wrobell wrobell at ite.pl
Sat Oct 12 17:51:28 CEST 2002


On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 03:07:31PM +0200, Michal Moskal wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 01:53:20PM +0200, Mariusz Mazur wrote:
> > On Friday 11 October 2002 23:37, Michal Moskal wrote:
> > > Glibc references some <asm/*.h> files. They are in kernel-headers
> > > package. Shouldn't therefore glibc-devel require kernel-headers?
> > 
> > I thought about it too (I stumbled across this yesterday when something didn't 
> > want to build although all BuildRequires were met). Wouldn't it be ok to just 
> > provide a kernel-fake.noarch.rpm for people not using disto kernel?
> 
> I guess this is better idea then hacks with %{?_without_dist_kernel:...}
> all over the specs.
> 
> Anyway I heard somewhere about moving <asm/*> to glibc-devel (in rh, or
> somewhere). Wouldn't that be a good idea?

No, because it will overwrite used asm headers from non-distro
kernel.

    wrobell <wrobell at ite.pl>
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