* Peter Stuge <[email protected]> schrieb: > Kfir Lavi wrote: > > Does configure tests check the running kernel for compiled in interfaces? > > If yes, lets say I have very lean kernel on the target, how I can compile > > against the target kernel? > > This is a non-issue for most packages because the kernel interface > can be considered stable.
No, they can't, especially in embedded world. The biggest problem is certain ill-designed packages which try to guess something from the *running* system. This can only be solved in the source. > Do you have a problem with some package? Just from the tip of my head, in recent years: network utils, drbd, etc, ... cu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ phone: +49 36207 519931 email: [email protected] mobile: +49 151 27565287 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme ----------------------------------------------------------------------
