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

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Fri, 17 Dec 1999 07:02:22 -0500

In message <19991217101954.C31810@cistron.nl>, Miquel van Smoorenburg writes:
+-----
| According to Ben Collins:
| > Well if the glibc-devel package comes with the headers, and you want to
| > use others, then rm -rf /usr/include/linux, and symlink. However, most new
| > users who just want to mess around with hello.c and crack open a basic C
| > book, don't want to worry about kernel versions and symlinks.
|
| Argh no. You just broke your system. /usr/include/linux is managed
| by the packaging system - you just don't go around and replace things
| manually.
|
| You simply upgrade glibc-devel to the latest version.
+--->8

See, that's not possible. There is no glibc-devel for 2.0.7 with 2.2.13.
There isn't going to be one. And upgrading to glibc2.1 is a pain I'm not in
a position to deal with at the moment --- and only defers the problem until
the next time a new kernel doesn't match the installed glibc.

(hint: glibc upgrades are much, much more painful than kernel upgrades.
"upgrade glibc" isn't an answer.)

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