On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 06:40:34PM +0000, Richard Adams wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2001, Mike Castle wrote:
> > The problem is libc.
>
> As far as i see it, it is NOT a lib problem, anyway how could it be a libc
> problem when in this day and age we use "glibc".
libc IS glibc
nexus@thune[12:12pm]~(501) ls -l /lib/libc*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4851005 May 29 12:09 /lib/libc-2.2.3.so
nexus@thune[12:12pm]~(502) ls -l /lib/glib*
ls: No match.
> > Many distributions have /usr/src/{asm,linux} as symlinks into the
> > /usr/src/linux/include heirarchy.
>
> I think we need to know that its not a distribution who creates these symlinks
> but the actual make program itself, once again 'make mrproper' does this for us
> does it not.?. It was not so long ago that one needed to create these links
> him/herself.
That was a typo on my part. And one I mistakenly carried though out the
mail. Damn.
That should have read "man distributions have /usr/include/{asm,linux} as
^^^^^^^
symlinks into the /usr/src/linux/include heirarchy."
> I think you have miss interpreted the whole point of this tread, no one
> mentioned "directorys" under "linux" as in /usr/src/linux, they (the ones you
> say) are all symlinks period. Header files reside in /usr/include which is then
> linked to /usr/src/linux/include/(whatever).
That's the thing.
There should be NO symlinks from /usr/include to
/usr/src/linux/include/(whatever).
> I just dont see the problem. Maybe my 10 years of Linux use is too much for me
> to understand just what the problem is that you/others think is there.?
And I've been using it for 7 years... your point?
mrc
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