[oe] linux-libc-headers version (reloaded)

Andreas Oberritter obi at opendreambox.org
Tue Feb 15 14:12:29 UTC 2011


On 02/15/2011 11:41 AM, Steffen Sledz wrote:
> "Kernel headers are backwards compatible, but not forwards compatible.  This
> means that a program built against a C library using older kernel headers
> should run on a newer kernel (although it may not have access to new
> features), but a program built against newer kernel headers may not work on an
> older kernel."[2]

Isn't this what the variable OLDEST_KERNEL is good for, when compiling
glibc?

Regards,
Andreas




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