[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | > 4) According to the README in /usr/src/linux, I should link as follows: | > | > ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386 /usr/include/asm | > ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux /usr/include/linux | > ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/scsi /usr/include/scsi | > | > Problem is, I have libc6 installed, and it is installed in /usr/include. | > Should I do the links as directed? Or will the libc6 stuff work? | | Yes, follow the readme. Take a look in /usr/include, there are a lof | of things there. So what?
No, I don't think this is true anymore. At some point I remember reading a post from Linus stating that doing the above steps could be harmful to your system since, presumably, libc was compiled with what's already in /usr/include and now you're wiping that with what's there for a particular kernel. This could cause a conflict between the kernel and libc, which is NOT a Good Thing (TM). He said the best thing to do was ignore the above and not make those particular symbolic links. I never have, and my kernels compile up and run fine. | > 5) I seem to have three different versions of the header files. | > Do I really | > need them all? I have: | > | > libc6 -> /usr/include | > libc5-altdev -> /usr/i486-linuxlibc1/include | > linux source -> /usr/src/include | | Only if you want the system to work. Hmm, is anything essential to Debian still linked against libc5? I'm not sure, but I don't think so. The only thing I remember in hamm requiring libc5 was netscape. That's not true in slink. Of course if you try to remove libc5 it'll tell you if anything you have depends on it. | > 6) The kernel-package docs say I need to run: | > | > make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot <version> | > | > Do I need to do this if I compile as root? I don't have fakeroot | > - do I need | > it? Will su work instead? | > | | Don't know about the --rootcmd as I always make new kernels as root | and I don't have fakeroot either. Hope that answers your questions. I'll second this. Never used fakeroot and have never had a problem. Gary
