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Re: [PATCH] <bits/syscall.h>: Use an arch-independent system call list on Linux
* Andreas Schwab:
> On Apr 21 2017, Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
>
>> My proposal aims to avoid a build order depedency between the
>> backports landing in the distribution kernel, and a glibc rebuild.
>
> What do you gain over a UAPI headers update in line with the glibc
> rebuild?
We don't have to maintain a kernel package ourselves, or align our
delivery schedule with the kernel team.