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So, you are saying that it is fine to go ahead and emerge "linux-headers-2.6.8.1-r2" even |
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though I'm running an old 2.4 kernel (with gss sources, no less)? |
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Eduardo Tongson wrote: |
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> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:19:22 +0200, Yeri Tiete <tuinslak@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>Hi, |
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>>Is this normal? |
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>>The headers are for a 2.6.8 kernel and the latest version installed is 2.4.22 ? |
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> No reason to be alarmed, linux libc headers are meant to be api stable |
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> and consistent |
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> thats why 2.4 linux headers can be used with 2.6 kernels. The upgrade |
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> to 2.6 headers introduced new features (for example before 2005.0 you |
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> needed to emerge linux26-headers which has the needed api, to use nptl |
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> with glibc ) |
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