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Re: still - Linux 2.6.X compilation problems
From: |
Sven Luther |
Subject: |
Re: still - Linux 2.6.X compilation problems |
Date: |
Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:57:56 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i |
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 01:41:42PM +0100, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote:
>
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Sven Luther wrote:
>
> > Yeah, the 2.6.0 kernel headers are broken and need to be fixed. The fix
> > is in debian's linux-kernel-headers, which is why i didn't tell you
> > about it before, and also in september LKML, but the kernel guys,
> > altough saying it is ok, were in no hurry to apply it, not caring about
> > userland.
>
> They care but they can't do everything at once. They are also humans and
> unfortunately things can get lost. There are written and unwritten
> processes how to prevent this. Submit the patch again and again, target
> the proper maintainer, submit the bug report/patch also to the kernel bug
> tracker at OSDL.
No they don't care. The response was : userland stuff should not link
with kernel headers, but have their own local copy of them. We will not
accept this patch anytime soon (was pre 2.6, i think).
> I couldn't figure out from your email what's the actual kernel status.
> Still unsolved in the latest 2.6*{pre,mm} kernels?
It is fixed in debian linux kernel header, and as said, userland should
use its own copy of these headers, and fix it locally.
Friendly,
Sven Luther