On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Vidiot wrote:
> Wrong. No compiler building should require that kernel sources be installed.
> Many things can be compiled that do not require the kernel sources. All of
> the necessary include files for getting ANYTHING to compile should be
> distributed as part of the system. Only stuff required for the kernel itself
> should be part of the kernel sources.
>
The kernel headers files are needed to do things like talk to the
operating system - things like file I/O, and knowing the size of things
like intigers for the system you are compiling for. Considering that the
same compiler can produce source for more then one processor, things like
this are important. You can also change the header files that are used
when you do things like cross compiling. You don't need to have the
complete kernel source installed, but you do need the kernel headers
installed if you plan on compiling anything that will run on the
system. If you were compiling a stand alone program, you wouldn't need
the kernel headers, but you would still need header files for the system
you were planning to run the program on.
Mikkel
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