Enrico Weigelt wrote: > > > 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.
Obviously there is a limit to every definition of stable. But it is my impression that Linux does not change API at a whim. > 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. Sure, and this is a problem with individual packages. Not so much with the kernel. The packages can be fixed. > > Do you have a problem with some package? > > Just from the tip of my head, in recent years: network utils, > drbd, etc, ... Because the recommended API to use was changed, or? //Peter
