From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PYCbl-0007U1-NV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:07:34 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4C433E0769 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:07:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailgate.caprica.metux.de (caprica.metux.de [82.165.128.25]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D8A2E064E for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:46:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailgate.caprica.metux.de (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mailgate.caprica.metux.de (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oBU6g1lJ032755 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:42:01 +0100 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mailgate.caprica.metux.de (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with UUCP id oBU6fUuV032740 for gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:41:30 +0100 Received: (from weigelt@localhost) by nibiru.metux.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) id oBU6dqrB020539 for gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:39:52 +0100 Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:39:52 +0100 From: Enrico Weigelt To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Is a compilation depend on the running kernel? Message-ID: <20101230063952.GC10596@nibiru.local> References: <20101226164902.15510.qmail@stuge.se> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101226164902.15510.qmail@stuge.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Terror: bin laden, kill bush, Briefbombe, Massenvernichtung, KZ, X-Nazi: Weisse Rasse, Hitlers Wiederauferstehung, 42, X-Antichrist: weg mit schaeuble, ausrotten, heiliger krieg, al quaida, X-Killer: 23, endloesung, Weltuntergang, X-Doof: wer das liest ist doof X-Archives-Salt: cacf259e-c9fa-42da-a5d2-06262a70ccab X-Archives-Hash: 18101412c0a2a91fa335fff528e8dd3b * Peter Stuge schrieb: > Kfir Lavi wrote: > > Does configure tests check the running kernel for compiled in interfaces? > > If yes, lets say I have very lean kernel on the target, how I can compile > > against the target kernel? > > This is a non-issue for most packages because the kernel interface > can be considered stable. No, they can't, especially in embedded world. The biggest problem is certain ill-designed packages which try to guess something from the *running* system. This can only be solved in the source. > Do you have a problem with some package? Just from the tip of my head, in recent years: network utils, drbd, etc, ... cu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ phone: +49 36207 519931 email: weigelt@metux.de mobile: +49 151 27565287 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme ----------------------------------------------------------------------