Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761596AbXF1KmU (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:42:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756416AbXF1KmN (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:42:13 -0400 Received: from mailgw12.fraunhofer.de ([153.96.1.24]:35841 "EHLO mailgw12.fraunhofer.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756145AbXF1KmM (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:42:12 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:39:57 +0200 From: Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (Joerg Schilling) To: dwmw2@infradead.org Cc: schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, harald@skogtun.org, david@lang.hm Subject: Re: Linux Kernel include files Message-ID: <46838ffd.bUYvs93vY6OX67Mk%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> References: <46826d62.lTsuVo9cC7wGjcjf%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> <1182960282.1170.4.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <46838d16.ut8KQOMKsZ9HqPYT%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> <1183027034.1170.104.camel@pmac.infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <1183027034.1170.104.camel@pmac.infradead.org> User-Agent: nail 11.22 3/20/05 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Jun 2007 10:41:56.0021 (UTC) FILETIME=[F28DE650:01C7B970] X-Fraunhofer-Email-Policy: accepted Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2401 Lines: 54 David Woodhouse wrote: > On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 12:27 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > David Woodhouse wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 16:00 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > > Warning: *** linux/ext2_fs.h is not usable at all *** > > > > Warning: *** This makes it impossible to support Linux file flags *** > > > > You may try to compile using 'make COPTX=-DTRY_EXT2_FS' > > > > > > Again, can you be _specific_? Amusing though your consistent 'Lunix is > > > broken' chants are, the only reason I'm bothering to participate in this > > > thread is on the off-chance that something _productive_ will come of it. > > > > I have been forced to add this test as too many people reported that they > > have no been able to compile star on their Linux distribution. > > But do you not know _why_? What exactly are you testing _for_? > > Bug reports which merely say 'is broken' are not helpful. If you like to know what I test, I encourage you to check the autoconf scripts. I am testing whether the named include file may be used from a user space program. As I did mention already, I was forced to add the test in order to be able to compile at all. > > > By the way, your mailer seems to be sometimes omitting In-Reply-To: and > > > References: headers, which RFC2822 says you SHOULD include in replies. > > > > Sending such accusation without knowing the reason is not polite. > > It's not an accusation -- it's merely an observation. You may not have > noticed that your mailer was misbehaving; now you _do_ know, and if you > care about RFC compliance you might want to fix it. You're not _obliged_ > to fix it, of course. I just thought you'd like to know. Well there you are: my mailer is definitely NOT missbehaving. Please do not repeat similar accusations when not knowing the reason. J?rg -- EMail:joerg@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) J?rg Schilling D-13353 Berlin js@cs.tu-berlin.de (uni) schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily - 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/