Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 07:38:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 07:38:21 -0500 Received: from deviant.impure.org.uk ([195.82.120.238]:27022 "EHLO deviant.impure.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 07:38:20 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 12:46:41 -0100 From: Dave Jones To: Heinz Ulrich Stille Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Read Hat 7.3 and 8.0 compilation problems Message-ID: <20030317134635.GA436@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Heinz Ulrich Stille , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <001d01c2ec83$6bfbcc10$e9bba5cc@patni.com> <200303171332.34982.hus@design-d.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200303171332.34982.hus@design-d.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 955 Lines: 23 On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 01:32:33PM +0100, Heinz Ulrich Stille wrote: > Are you using the stock rh kernel sources? Did you install the > glibc-kernheaders RPM? This contains severe RedHat braindamage: > /usr/include/{asm,linux} aren't links into the kernel source tree, > but directly installed. Remove the rpm and create the soft links > to /usr/src/linux. You have this completely backwards. /usr/include/{asm,linux} are the headers from the kernel that the glibc was compiled against. They should NOT never ever be symlinks to anywhere, but glibc's own copies of the headers. This is not 'RedHat braindamage', it's the way things should be. Making them symlinks is the only braindamage here. Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/