Do I need linux-headers when I have vanilla-sources?

Horus107 · Apprentice Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 230

Hello,
that's mostly my question: Do I need linux-headers when I have vanilla-sources installed and placed the linux symlink in /usr/src/?

Thanks,

Florian

Veldrin · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:21 pm Post subject:

In therory no, but tell this every ebuild which needs linux-headers.

cheers
V.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:36 pm Post subject:

Horus107,

Yes. Very few packages build against the headers found in the 'kernel of the day'
About the only ones I can think of are kernel modules. The reason is that the headers can change every kernel version.

To bring some stability and sanity to our lives, the system uses a separate kernel-headers package that changes only when needed, and certainly not with every kernel.
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