Hi Milan,

It's no problem.

All is good.  I'm making progress.


Best regards,

Dave

On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 01:49:14 AM CDT, Milan Buška <milan.buska@gmail.com> wrote:


Hi Matt, Dave

út 14. 7. 2020 v 8:18 odesílatel Matt Housh <jaeger@crux.ninja> napsal:
>
> On 2020-07-13 21:06, david mccooey wrote:
>
> > One of the files downloaded was /usr/ports/core/glibc/linux-4.19.24.tar.gz.
> >
> > This "pkgmk" appears to have compiled glibc with the 4.19.24 kernel
> > header files.
> >
> > How do I make it use the 5.4.49 kernel header files?
> >
> > The version "4.29.24" comes from the "source" line in the Pkginfo file.
> >
> > Should I edit that line?
>
> Dave,
>
> You should not do this. You should leave the glibc package alone unless
> you REALLY want to recompile everything on your system. The kernel
> headers against which glibc is compiled do NOT need to match your
> running kernel at all. If you DO change glibc, though, you should
> recompile everything else installed to match, otherwise you're inviting
> instability. I would not recommend this level of effort at all.
>
> The only real link between your kernel and glibc in this case is the
> line which reads '--enable-kernel=4.9'. This configures glibc to be able
> to work with a 4.9 *or higher* version kernel. You do not need to change
> this or update the headers in the glibc port to use a newer kernel.
>
> Regards,
> Matt
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I apologize for what I wrote.
By no means did I want to confuse anyone.

Milan

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