Linus's include file strategy redux
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In article <[email protected]> you write:
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[Dana Lacoste]
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Essentially, whatever solution is implemented MUST ensure :
1 - glibc will work properly (the headers in
/usr/include/*don't
change in an incompatible manner)
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2 - programs that need to compile against the current kernel MUST
be able to do so in a quasi-predictable manner.(2) is bogus. NO program needs to compile against the current kernel headers. The only things that need to compile against the current kernel headers are kernel modules and perhaps libc itself.
Or userland libraries/applications that need to bypass libc and make direct kernel calls because libc hasn't yet implemented those new kernel calls.
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Peter
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