Re: disallow direct inclussion of <linux/*.h>

[Robert Millan]

On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 07:54:43PM +0200, Jeroen Dekkers wrote:
> > 
> > IIRC, Glibc build process takes them from specified location and installs 
> > them
> > in /usr/include/linux/.
> > 
> > So there's room to apply some patches.
> 
> No they don't. Some distribution put those headers in a package called
> glibc, but glibc itself doesn't do anything with them (except using it
> in the glibc code itself of course).

Linux headers are generaly found in /usr/src/linux, not /usr/include/linux.

The only reason to install them in /usr/include hierrachy is so they can be
used by Glibc. Too bad some people abuse that.

In Debian, /usr/include/linux is provided by Glibc. Who provides these headers
on other distributions?

-- 
Robert Millan

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