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[Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>]

On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 08:43:46AM +0100, Benoit PAPILLAULT wrote:
> Karsten Behrmann a écrit :
> >But about the glibc "bug", IMO the ISO should do what all SMGL boxes have
> >to fix this problem: put kernel sources in /mnt/root/usr/src/linux-foo/,
> >make a few symlinks and maybe "make whatever/config.h"
> >This is what all boxes that have once cast linux have, why not make the
> >ISO do it regardless of whether a kernel is being compiled or installed
> >from cache?
> 
> glibc MUST use the headers from the glibc-kernel-headers spells, NOT 
> from the linux spell. See 
> http://bugs.sourcemage.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7560 and its reference: 
> http://www.linuxmafia.com/faq/Kernel/usr-src-linux-symlink.html.
> 
> Source Mage is the only distribution i'm aware of that is still using 
> (and which still have users trying to use) headers from the linux spell.
> 
> So, not providing /usr/src/linux is in fact a good way to show this kind 
> of bug. If http://bugs.sourcemage.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8125 is related to 
> this glibc supposed bug, then it should be marked as INVALID.
 
That bug has nothing at all to do with glibc. It's a fact that to
compile kernel modules you need the kernel source tree, so
/usr/src/linux should exist on a new install, as we have several spells
that install kernel modules. (Depending on linux won't help there, as
linux is installed by the iso afaik).

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Arwed v. Merkatz                              Source Mage GNU/Linux developer
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