On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Mike Chambers wrote: >Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 23:05:05 -0500 >From: Mike Chambers <mike@netlyncs.com> >To: psyche-list@redhat.com >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >List-Id: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Psyche) <psyche-list.redhat.com> >Subject: Re: kernel-header.rpm where? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Sudjiman" <davidsudjiman@yahoo.com> >To: <psyche-list@redhat.com> >Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 10:24 PM >Subject: Re: kernel-header.rpm where? > > >> Sorry, but I still don't understand >> >> In redhat support there are several kernel rpm package such as kernel >> kernel-ibcs, kernel pcmcia, kerne-source and kernel-headers... where can I >> find kernel-headers? or what is glibc-kernheaders? > >For all versions under 8.0 (or was it 7.3?), there *was* a kernel-headers >package. Now the package is called glibc-kernheaders. I think the name >change was due to one, it was mainly for glibc, and two, the confusion over >people thinking it was for the kernel and not glibc. s/mainly/only/ The kernel-headers package was *ONLY* for glibc before, however everyone and their brother mistakenly thought that it was for the kernel, needed to compile a kernel, or for some other random usage. People also mistakenly thought that the kernel-headers package must match the kernel version-release of the kernel they are using - which is also incorrect. Probably the reason for this confusion is simply because the package is named "kernel-headers". While it does contain kernel headers, the purpose of the package is ONLY to provide the necessary kernel headers which are required to compile glibc, and also to compile other software. In order to attempt to rectify this end user confusion, the package was renamed glibc-kernheaders, as it contains kernel headers, but they have nothing at all whatsoever to do with compiling the kernel, nor with compiling any kernel modules for 3rd party drivers, ALSA/Nvidia/vmware/whatever. The previous kernel-headers, now named glibc-kernheaders package should not ever be modified, updated or changed in any way other than if it is released as official erratum update by Red Hat. If you are compiling kernel modules, or your own kernel, you should be using the kernel source code instead, not the glibc-kernheaders package. Hope this helps straighten out any confusion. -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer XFree86 maintainer Red Hat Inc. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
