Re: kernel version vs. libc headers...

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@ns.caldera.de>]

On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 11:39:15AM +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > There should be no problem at all.  It _is_ a bug to compile against the
> > headers of the current running kernel if is is not the one used to compile
> > glibc against.
> 
> Thanks, but I am SURE, in one of the three places:
> this list (kernel-newbies)
> lkml
> linux.redhat.install
> recently I read a message, saying that one is asking for major problems,
> e.g. if he or she has libc compiled against a different (major) version of
> the kernel than the running kernel, e.g. 2.2.x and 2.4.y... Too bad -
> can't find that message to be more specific, but I am sure I read one very
> recently...

Nope - running a 2.2-compiled libc at a 2.4 kernel can't be a problem at all.
Running a 2.4-compiled one on a 2.2 kernel only be a problem _if_ the user
explicitly stated that he does not want backward compatiblity when compiling
glibc.

	Christoph

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