> And linux-headers do not install ivtv.h and AFAIK this should be for all > distro's. > AFAIK this is decided by the upstream kernel maintainers not Gentoo.
It is my understanding that linux-headers is just a repackaging of the header files included in the official linux kernel source. There is no upstream maintainer except the linux kernel group and they do not maintain a separate collection of headers. The purpose of linux-headers is to provide a copy of the headers normally included with the kernel source, without requiring people to install the whole kernel source tarball. This makes sense when there are more people who compile software against the kernel vs people who compile the kernel itself. Theoretically, linux-headers should include every header file located in /usr/src/linux-(version)/include and it's my opinion that the omission by linux-headers of ivtv.h is a bug. I have just emailed Raúl Porcel, gentoo maintainer of linux-headers, asking if he can confirm this is the case, I will relay his reply. _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
