Kernel header changes break glibc build

Stefan Rompf stefan@loplof.de
Wed Dec 6 19:34:00 GMT 2006


Am Montag, 4. Dezember 2006 10:13 schrieb Thomas Graf:

> I do not agree with the change to include if_addr.h in rtnetlink.h.
> The point is to move bits apart and have multiple small pieces
> of header files defining a specific rtnetlink family which are a
> lot easier to maintain for both kernel and userspace than one giant
> rtnetlink.h for everything.

According to a user's report, your change also broke compilation of my 
dhcpclient because it neeeds if_addr.h since 2.6.19. Any suggestion how to 
make one source code build on 2.6.19 and older headers? I hope you don't want 
me to check on UTS_RELEASE in a userspace program?

Stefan



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