[oe] [PATCH, RFC] Add linux-libc-headers-native, make it default dep for native

[Frans Meulenbroeks]

2010/6/7 Tom Rini <tom_rini at mentor.com>:
> On some host distributions the provided linux kernel headers are too old
> to compile utilities we need[1].  Given that we need these utilities to
> run things on the target the best solution is to provide
> linux-libc-headers-native.  Rather than get things into an inconsistent
> state, we make linux-libc-headers-native be a default dependency.
>
> [1]: A prime example of this would be mtd-utils-native and UBI

I'd say this is heading in the totally wrong direction.

Target code should not depend on host headers.
And if you need the target headers, you should depend on and use
linux-libc-headers.

I guess mtd-utils-native is used to make an mtd image for the target
and as such I would expect it to use the target headers.

What would be the difference between linux-libc-headers and
linux-libc-headers-native in the first place?
(and if there is a difference, I think a better package name would be
linux-libc-headers-cross).

Btw if say mtd-utils-native needs kernel headers to access host
functionality using headers for a different kernel version seems to be
a no-no either.

Just my eur 0.02

Frans.

PS: which distributions/distribution versions/kernel versions do have
this problem?
Ubuntu 8.04 (which has a 2.6.24 kernel) does not seem to exhibit this problem).