Activity log for bug #53892

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2006-07-24 12:42:51 Soren Hansen bug added bug
2006-09-17 21:52:16 Luca Falavigna linux-kernel-headers: status Unconfirmed Needs Info
2006-09-17 21:52:16 Luca Falavigna linux-kernel-headers: statusexplanation
2006-09-18 07:07:38 Luca Falavigna bug added subscriber Laurent Bigonville
2006-09-18 07:16:06 Luca Falavigna title Please put linux/compiler.h back Header files missing
2006-09-18 18:30:52 Luca Falavigna linux-kernel-headers: status Needs Info Confirmed
2006-09-19 19:54:31 Ben Collins linux-kernel-headers: status Confirmed Rejected
2006-09-19 19:54:31 Ben Collins linux-kernel-headers: statusexplanation The gist of this is, if you are trying to access files like config.h, autoconf.h and compiler.h, you are getting into kernel internals. The linux-libc-dev package (formerely linux-kernel-headers) is not meant for that. Even if these files were included they would be useless, since they do not guarantee to reflect the right values for the running kernel. Use the linux-headers-2.6.17-<flavour> package for these sorts of things (or just linux-headers-2.6.17 if you need generic values).