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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 568af9f207..bba8bef434 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ please let me know. [Q25] ``After installing glibc name resolving doesn't work properly.'' + +[Q26] ``I have /usr/include/net and /usr/include/scsi as symlinks + into my Linux source tree. Is that wrong?'' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Q1] ``What systems does the GNU C Library run on?'' @@ -652,7 +655,7 @@ results because of type conflicts. a point where it is stable. There are still lots of incompatible changes made and the libc headers have to follow. -Currently (as of 970401) according to Philip Blundell <pjb27@cam.ac.uk> +Currently (as of 970401) according to Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.ai.mit.edu> the required kernel version is 2.1.30. @@ -698,6 +701,18 @@ The NSS configuration file is usually the culprit. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ +[Q26] ``I have /usr/include/net and /usr/include/scsi as symlinks + into my Linux source tree. Is that wrong?'' + +[A26] {PB} This was necessary for libc5, but is not correct when using +glibc. Including the kernel header files directly in user programs +usually does not work (see Q21). glibc provides its own <net/*> and +<scsi/*> header files to replace them, and you may have to remove any +symlink that you have in place before you install glibc. However, +/usr/include/asm and /usr/include/linux should remain as they were. + + +~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Answers were given by: {UD} Ulrich Drepper, <drepper@cygnus.com> @@ -706,6 +721,7 @@ Answers were given by: {HJL} H.J. Lu, <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu> {AJ} Andreas Jaeger, <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> {EY} Eric Youngdale, <eric@andante.jic.com> +{PB} Phil Blundell, <Philip.Blundell@pobox.com> Local Variables: mode:text |