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From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Is a compilation depend on the running kernel?
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:07:34
Message-Id: 20101230063952.GC10596@nibiru.local
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Is a compilation depend on the running kernel? by Peter Stuge
1 * Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se> schrieb:
2 > Kfir Lavi wrote:
3 > > Does configure tests check the running kernel for compiled in interfaces?
4 > > If yes, lets say I have very lean kernel on the target, how I can compile
5 > > against the target kernel?
6 >
7 > This is a non-issue for most packages because the kernel interface
8 > can be considered stable.
9
10 No, they can't, especially in embedded world. The biggest problem
11 is certain ill-designed packages which try to guess something
12 from the *running* system. This can only be solved in the source.
13
14 > Do you have a problem with some package?
15
16 Just from the tip of my head, in recent years: network utils,
17 drbd, etc, ...
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20 cu
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Re: [gentoo-embedded] Is a compilation depend on the running kernel? Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se>