Bug 68768

Summary:	Using linux-libc-headers instead of headers from the kernel.
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Bjarke Istrup Pedersen (RETIRED) <gurligebis>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Tim Yamin (RETIRED) <plasmaroo>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://ep09.pld-linux.org/~mmazur/linux-libc-headers/
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Bjarke Istrup Pedersen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-10-24 17:48:24 UTC

I have read somewhere (cannot remember where, but LFS uses this too) that you are not surposed to use headers directly from the kernel.
So I was wandering, why not use these instead: http://ep09.pld-linux.org/~mmazur/linux-libc-headers/ 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Travis Tilley (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-10-26 20:48:03 UTC

every once in a while this is suggested and shot down. i dont remember the reasoning for it.

Comment 2 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-10-27 02:19:05 UTC

We use Gentoo-patched vanilla headers with userspace support (which is the issue with vanilla headers if you don't fix them); don't see the problem here. If you have any compile failures with linux26-headers, then file a bug and we'll solve it.