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diff --git a/chapter06/linux-libc-headers.xml b/chapter06/linux-libc-headers.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..03cf0ecaa --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter06/linux-libc-headers.xml @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> + %general-entities; +]> +<sect1 id="ch-system-linux-libc-headers"> +<title>Linux-Libc-Headers-&linux-libc-headers-version;</title> +<?dbhtml filename="linux-libc-headers.html"?> + +<indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-libc-headers"> +<primary sortas="a-Linux-Libc-Headers">Linux-Libc-Headers</primary> +<secondary>system, headers</secondary></indexterm> + +<screen>&buildtime; 0.1 SBU +&diskspace; 22 MB</screen> + + +<sect2> +<title>Installation of Linux-Libc-Headers</title> + +<para>For years it has been common practice to use so-called <quote>raw</quote> +kernel headers (straight from a kernel tarball) in /usr/include, but over the +last few years, the kernel developers have taken a strong stance that such +things should not be done. Thus was born the linux-libc-headers project, +designed to maintain an API stable version of the Linux headers.</para> + +<para>Install the header files:</para> + +<screen><userinput>cp -R include/asm-i386 /usr/include/asm +cp -R include/linux /usr/include</userinput></screen> + +<para>Assure that all the headers are owned by root:</para> + +<screen><userinput>chown -R root:root /usr/include/{asm,linux}</userinput></screen> + +<para>And make sure all the users can read the headers:</para> + +<screen><userinput>find /usr/include/{asm,linux} -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; +find /usr/include/{asm,linux} -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;</userinput></screen> + +</sect2> + +</sect1> |