On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 12:31:58AM +0200, David Olofson wrote:
> On Monday 23 April 2001 23:20, David Schleef wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 02:46:40PM +0200, David Olofson wrote:
> > > On Saturday 21 April 2001 16:14, Hai Xu wrote:
> > > > Thanks for your reply.
> > > >
> > > > So I just need to make a symlink link from /usr/include/ to my kernel
> > > > tree /usr/src/linux/include, isn't it?
> > >
> > > No, /usr/include should already contain a link to
> > > /usr/src/linux/include/linux, so you shouldn't need to mess with that.
> > > (It might be a good idea to check if that link really is in place,
> > > though...)
> >
> > If your distribution has a link from /usr/include/linux to
> > /usr/src/linux/include, it's time to think about getting a
> > better distribution. This practice has been discouraged
> > since about '96, and is completely wrong on glibc systems.
>
> The link is to /usr/src/linux/include/linux; not the top level Linux include
> directory.
>
> Either way, how is it supposed to be set up, and/or where would I find that
> info?
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-9805/msg01174.html
This link has a reasonably good explanation. And I exaggerated
a bit with the timeline -- the first big flamewar was a little
over 4 years ago. There were a couple more flamewars on LKML,
one in Jan 1999 and one in Dec 1999.
Note that the glibc FAQ still apparently recommends symbolic links.
It's not clear to me from the wording if it really recommends
symbolic links, or if it is suggesting that this is a distribution
issue, which is more likely.
dave...
-- [rtl] ---
To unsubscribe:
echo "unsubscribe rtl" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR
echo "unsubscribe rtl <Your_email>" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
For more information on Real-Time Linux see:
http://www.rtlinux.org/rtlinux/
