Re: [PATCH] asm*/resource.h fix for glibc

Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 16 Dec 1999 23:53:15 +0100

Adam Heath wrote:
> However, compiling for stable kernels should always give you a sane
> environment. With debian, are glibc is currently compiled against
> 2.2.13(well, in potato).

You're forgetting just how /old/ the 2.2 kernels are. So many new
devices, so many new device drivers :-)

> Anyone compiling and writing utility progs for unstable kernels needs
> to know that having to upgrade to the latest unstable kernel is not
> always possible(1).

However, having to upgrade to the most stable kernel in the last 3
months is not unreasonable if a particular program needs a particular device.

-- Jamie

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