owl-users - Re: /usr/include/{linux,asm}

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Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 18:19:50 +0200
From: Jarno Huuskonen <Jarno.Huuskonen@....fi>
To: owl-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: /usr/include/{linux,asm}

Hi,

I'm not an expert so don't quote me on this :)

On Sat, Feb 15, Maciek Pasternacki wrote:
> Why /usr/include/linux and /usr/include/asm in Owl are symlinks and
> not copies of headers against which glibc was built?  Shouldn't these
> be part of glibc package, or at least be independent from whatever
> goes into /usr/src/linux?

I think RedHat 6.2 uses those same symlinks (and if you're going to
install 2.4.x kernel, then 2.4.x include files get used).

-Jarno

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Jarno Huuskonen