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Re: A linux patch for a typo
- To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at transmeta dot com>, "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg at monkeys dot com>
- Subject: Re: A linux patch for a typo
- From: Richard Henderson <rth at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 18:29:37 -0700
- Cc: "H.J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>, GNU C Library <libc-hacker at cygnus dot com>, egcs at cygnus dot com, linuxgcc <linux-gcc at vger dot rutgers dot edu>, Kenneth Albanowski <kjahds at kjahds dot com>, Kenneth Osterberg <lmfken at lmf dot ericsson dot se>, ian at lasermoon dot co dot uk, Mat Hostetter <mat at lcs dot mit dot edu>, Andy Dougherty <doughera at lafcol dot lafayette dot edu>, Brian Bourgault <brian at mathworks dot com>, "John W. Christy" <john at etools dot com>, Craig Groeschel <craig at metrolink dot com>, Warner Losh <imp at village dot org>, Rob Farnum <robf at Willows dot Com>, Michael Meissner <meissner at cygnus dot com>, Thomas Roell <roell at xinside dot com>, Craig Burley <burley at gnu dot org>, John Polstra <linux-binutils-in at polstra dot com>, Galen Hazelwood <galenh at micron dot net>, Ralf Baechle <ralf at mailhost dot uni-koblenz dot de>
- References: <1646.896120471@monkeys.com> <Pine.LNX.3.95.980525113526.10917B-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>
- Reply-To: Richard Henderson <rth at cygnus dot com>
On Mon, May 25, 1998 at 12:01:16PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> I thought glibc had moved away from using kernel header files already.
> I've talked about this to various people before, and that was one of the
> advantages with glibc as far as I was concerned.
We're about 95% kernel-header-free.
Most of the problems wind up being in user programs that poke at
kernel headers behind glibc's back -- like this gdb thing HJ posted
that started this whole thread.
r~