On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:29:22PM -0700, Alex Tsariounov wrote: > On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 12:40, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 12:37:19PM -0700, Alex Tsariounov wrote: > > > I see. But it worked fine on versions before the ds1-* releases. I.e., > > > it worked on the libc6-dev-2.3.2-9 release (I think that was without the > > > linux-kernel-headers package). With the recent upgrade, it breaks. > > > > The reason you're supposed to copy these headers is so that it doesn't > > break when this happens. > > Well, I've always considered doing this type of stuff somewhat of a > hack: how many copies of various headers do I need to keep around? > However, I think we're in philosophical territory here. > > The thing is, if query_module() is a public libc function, and I assume > it is since it's listed in section 2 of man, then there should be an > include file that I can include that facilitates the interface of this > function, and that include file needs to be specified in the function's > man page. > > In fact the query_module() man page does specify the linux/module.h as > the appropriate header file to include. > > This should be the same for any libc function, whether printf() for > which according to it's man page you should include stdio.h, or > query_module for which you include linux/module.h.
That is a bug in the manual page, then. It should be updated. Libc does not provide a header which prototypes this function. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
