Bug 13291 – kernel-headers-2.2.16-3 update breaks /usr/include/linux

Bug 13291 - kernel-headers-2.2.16-3 update breaks /usr/include/linux

Summary:	kernel-headers-2.2.16-3 update breaks /usr/include/linux

Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 13272

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.2
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Michael K. Johnson
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Duplicates:	13517 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2000-06-30 16:10 EDT by roger.bivand
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2000-08-22 15:18:01 EDT
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Description roger.bivand 2000-06-30 16:10:09 EDT

rpm -Uvh kernel-headers-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm removed my /usr/include/linux
and /usr/include/asm symbolic links, meaning that gcc couldn't find
headers (both egcs aka gcc-2.91, the 6.* standard, and gcc-2.95.2 from
Mandrake)

fix: rpm -ivh --force kernel-headers-2.2.14-12.i386.rpm

Shouldn't updating a package set up the links? /usr/include/linux & asm
were simply not there at all after upgrading.

Comment 1 roger.bivand 2000-07-03 02:59:06 EDT

Typo in summary: /usr/linux/include should be /usr/include/linux

Both my machines also run libsafe, but are otherwise standard RH6.2. No libsafe
messages in /var/log/secure (had there been buffer overrun events in any of the
actions undertaken during rpm update, libsafe would have aborted the component
processes).

Although on kernel upgrade I had gcc-2.95.2 from Mandrake, the problem was the
same after removing these and installing egcs gcc, so it seems to point at
something missing in the upgrade process for 2.2.16-3 headers - the symlinks for
earlier kernel headers get removed, but no new ones put in place.

Comment 2 roger.bivand 2000-07-10 10:51:15 EDT

Looks as though #13517 is the same (even if mine is i386 and the other sparc).

Comment 3 roger.bivand 2000-07-12 03:47:27 EDT

This has been reported as #13517, #13711 - see comments there too

Comment 4 Alan Cox 2000-08-22 15:17:59 EDT

*** Bug 13517 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Alan Cox 2000-09-16 18:12:58 EDT


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 13272 ***

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