From: »Q« <boxcars@gmx.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: linux-headers-3.5 with 3.4 kernel?
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:10:15 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120723161015.683dda6a@fuchsia.remarqs.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jujmcd$6p9$1@dough.gmane.org
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:16:41 +0300
Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@gmail.com> wrote:
> Portage now installs sys-kernel/linux-headers-3.5.
> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources is at 3.4.5.
>
> Is it even adviced to do that, installing 3.5 headers and running a
> 3.4 kernel? This sounds like a bad idea to me.
As I read the glibc faq, linux-headers are backwards-compatible as far
as glibc is concerned; that is, newer linux-headers still have
everything needed to make glibc work with older kernels. And I assume
that holds for other packages which need linux-headers, not just glibc.
Whether my understanding of why is correct or not, the glibc folks do
recommend using the latest linux-headers, even if your kernel is older.
<https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/documentation.html> links to
<http://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/FAQ#What_version_of_the_Linux_kernel_headers_should_be_used.3F>.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-23 21:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-23 14:16 [gentoo-user] linux-headers-3.5 with 3.4 kernel? Nikos Chantziaras
2012-07-23 16:46 ` Florian Philipp
2012-07-23 19:58 ` Paul Hartman
2012-07-23 20:01 ` Helmut Jarausch
2012-07-23 20:12 ` Paul Hartman
2012-07-24 17:01 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2012-07-23 21:10 ` »Q« [this message]
2012-07-24 6:12 ` Oszkár Ocsenás
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