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On Tuesday 21 October 2003 13:52, C. Brewer wrote: |
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> Can someone clarify SLOT for me? I see the new kernel headers as N, which |
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> means they're slotted and I thought you could only slot when the packages |
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> didn't conflict. Since the ebuilds dont install to /usr/include/$PN/ |
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> {linux,asm}, is this a problem? |
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yes, because they'll just over write themselves ... SLOT will not work with |
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linux-headers ... |
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> Along a similar track, is it possible to have the 2.6 kernel headers |
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> provide the virtuals that the linux-headers package provides? I mean if I'm |
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> going to compile glibc again against new headers, might as well be for 2.6 |
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> headers.... |
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i dont think you've read the history on linux headers and their relationship |
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with userspace ... please go through gmane.org and read up on sanitized |
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headers/glibc headers/the likes ... |
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yeah some stuff doesnt compile with 2.6.x headers, get over it ... at least |
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that's my point of view ;) |
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-mike |