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Re: Kernel header changes break glibc build
- From: Stefan Rompf <stefan at loplof dot de>
- To: Thomas Graf <tgraf at suug dot ch>
- Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at infradead dot org>, "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, netdev at vger dot kernel dot org, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, akpm at osdl dot org, "David S. Miller" <davem at davemloft dot net>
- Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 20:32:40 +0100 (MET)
- Subject: Re: Kernel header changes break glibc build
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0610061718370.18057@digraph.polyomino.org.uk> <1165148731.12649.51.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <20061204091341.GM8693@postel.suug.ch>
Am Montag, 4. Dezember 2006 10:13 schrieb Thomas Graf:
> I do not agree with the change to include if_addr.h in rtnetlink.h.
> The point is to move bits apart and have multiple small pieces
> of header files defining a specific rtnetlink family which are a
> lot easier to maintain for both kernel and userspace than one giant
> rtnetlink.h for everything.
According to a user's report, your change also broke compilation of my
dhcpclient because it neeeds if_addr.h since 2.6.19. Any suggestion how to
make one source code build on 2.6.19 and older headers? I hope you don't want
me to check on UTS_RELEASE in a userspace program?
Stefan