Re: [gentoo-dev] linux-headers in baselayout

[Joseph Carter]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 09:41:48AM +0100, Ingo Krabbe wrote:
> I have a small problem with linux headers as a dependency in
> baselayout.  Hmm, I don't know exactly why I encounter it at all:
>
> Linux headers install /usr/include/linux and /usr/include/asm.
>
> A normal developer configuration would be to link
> /usr/src/linux/include/linux -> /usr/include/linux and
> /usr/src/linux/include/asm -> /usr/include/asm

Linus Torvalds has said repeatedly that these should match the glibc
headers, NOT your current kernel.  He justified himself, and others have
provided the same and other good reasons not to have those be symlinks.

For some reason, people refuse to listen.

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