Subj : Re: How to overcome compilation errors?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Occam
Date : Tue Aug 24 2004 04:46 pm

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 19:10:43 -0700, Durk van Veen <nospamplz@example.com> wrote:

>Occam wrote:
>
>> I am running Skackware 10 with kernel 2.6.7, and have compiled several
>> programs that are not included in Slack 10 - no problems.
>
>In general the kernel headers that you are compiling against should match
>the kernel version used to compile your version of glibc, not necessarily
>the version that you boot up with. If you replaced the kernel headers when
>you installed your most recent kernel, this may account for some weird
>behavior.
>

Thanks,
I checked and found that the 'original' 2.4.26 stuff is overwritten with 2.6.7
data - but only in /usr/src/linux-2.4.26.  Normally my /usr/src/linux is a
symlink to the current kernel, and this is the case now too; only the target
directory has a misleading name.  This is the first time, however, that I do not
have all kernel sources saved.

The stuff in /usr/include/asm and /usr/include/linux are still the files from
2.4.26 (according to dates).  Question: Am I compiling against these headers, or
the 'originals' in /usr/src/linux/... ? 
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