On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 09:39:29AM -0500, Karl Bongers wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 08:24:45AM -0500, Andy Moore wrote:
> > Karl Bongers wrote:
> > 
> > >>        kernel-headers-2.4.9-34
> > >>        kernel-2.4.20-18.7
> > >>        kernel-source-2.4.20-18.7
> > >
> > >Is there a newer kernel-headers package that would match the release
> > >of the others?
> > >
> > According to the Main Man (Linus) the kernel headers should match the 
> > kernel that glibc was compiled with, not the kernel you are currently 
> > running.  Aparently, his machine still has the headers from 2.2.X installed.
> 
> I don't know who this Linus guy is, but according to me
> your kernel headers should match your kernel source if you want to
> compile kernel stuff. :)
> 
> You might want to try removing kernel-headers and kernel-source packages,
> re-install just the kernel-source package, I don't think you need the
> kernel-headers(seems like this is just a bad idea of Redhats).

Linus was referring to userspace things should see the kernel headers
that were used to compile glibc with. 

If you are compiling kernel stuff, you should compile against kernel
headers that are current for your running kernel.

florin

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