Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264768AbTFYRhg (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:37:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264844AbTFYRhf (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:37:35 -0400 Received: from carisma.slowglass.com ([195.224.96.167]:53255 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264768AbTFYRg1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:36:27 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:50:36 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: mocm@mocm.de Cc: Michael Hunold , Sam Ravnborg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: DVB Include files Message-ID: <20030625185036.C29537@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , mocm@mocm.de, Michael Hunold , Sam Ravnborg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030625160830.A19958@infradead.org> <20030625154223.GB1333@mars.ravnborg.org> <3EF9CB25.4050105@convergence.de> <16121.53934.527440.109966@sheridan.metzler> <20030625175513.A28776@infradead.org> <16121.55366.94360.338786@sheridan.metzler> <20030625181606.A29104@infradead.org> <16121.55873.675690.542574@sheridan.metzler> <20030625182409.A29252@infradead.org> <16121.56382.444838.485646@sheridan.metzler> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <16121.56382.444838.485646@sheridan.metzler>; from mocm@metzlerbros.de on Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 07:30:38PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 772 Lines: 15 On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 07:30:38PM +0200, Marcus Metzler wrote: > Well, then you are wrong. You need those headers for user space > applications and also for the kernel. The define the communication > structures. If you put them into /usr/include you always risk having > different versions of those structures. If the structures change incompatibly you're fucked anyway. Better have a copy in /usr/include that you can upgrade without updating libc also, that way you can at least get the new structures / defines in time. - 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/