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To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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Subject: Re: Files not linking/replacing.
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From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
Date: 16 Apr 2001 23:27:25 -0600
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Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> writes:

> "Eric W. Biederman" wrote:
> > Normally /usr/src/linux on a redhat system contains a kernel with a
> > known good set of kernel headers.  /usr/include/linux and
> > /usr/include/asm are symlinks that point into the known good kernel
> > headers.  It looks like you removed your known good 2.2.14 known good
> > kernel headers, or the symlinks to them.
> 
> Modern glibc systems have their own copies of headers for
> /usr/include/{asm,linux}, and those locations should not be pointing to
> kernel space...

I keep thinking that until I look at what has actually been installed.
The quickest way I know to confuse a compile is: rm /usr/src/linux.

Eric
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