On 5 Jan 1998, Steve Dunham wrote: > Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 08:59:50AM +0800, Lindsay Allen wrote: > > > > The kernel-source-2.0.32 deb has a 130K diff file against the standard > > > source. Just where do these patches come from and why are they > > > necessary? > > > > > > Is the fact that I _have_ to have 2.0.32 source or headers going to stop > > > me from going to 2.0.33? > > > I don't know why all those patches are already applied. I have stopped > > using the kernel-source packages because they can't be patched > > up to the next kernel version easily (because of the already applied > > patches). You should be able to install kernel-headers to satisfy it > > and then dump the standard Linux source tree in for building kernels. > > Does anyone know why there is a dependency on kernel-headers? I was > under the impression that glibc didn't use the kernel headers.
The libc6-dev package used to include its own copy of the linux and asm directories from the kernel source. The libc6 maintainer decided that it was rather pointless to make a hude diff that was essentially just the kernel-headers package, so the dependancy was added again. It is for a version-specific package for the reasons given in /usr/doc/libc6/FAQ.Debian.gz -- Scott K. Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.gate.net/~storm/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
