Re: 2.2.x README missing info ?

Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels@cistron.nl)
29 Jan 1999 17:46:49 +0100

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.

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