Am Samstag, den 31.10.2009, 18:42 +0000 schrieb Ben Hutchings:
> On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 17:50 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> > Package: linux-libc-dev
> > Version: 2.6.31-1
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > Hi, would it be possible to get linux/aufs_type.h included in
> > linux-libc-dev or a similar package? This header is needed to
> > build the userspace tools of aufs, which include programs such
> > as mount.aufs or auchk.
> >
> > Currently it is included in linux-headers-2.6.31-common but
> > this package is versioned and would thus require changes to
> > aufs-tools build-dependencies for every new kernel.
>
> Is this a stable ABI?

The last ABI break was on Aug 23; and it's only used by aufs-tools. The
idea of including it in linux-libc-dev just seems better than all other
options. So I don't know how stable the ABI really is, but I have only
seen 2 ABI breaks since March.

I could also include the header file into the aufs-tools source package
like btrfs-tools does but I just think it's better to include it here,
especially considering Debian derivatives.



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On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 20:36 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> Am Samstag, den 31.10.2009, 18:42 +0000 schrieb Ben Hutchings:
> > On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 17:50 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> > > Package: linux-libc-dev
> > > Version: 2.6.31-1
> > > Severity: wishlist
> > >
> > > Hi, would it be possible to get linux/aufs_type.h included in
> > > linux-libc-dev or a similar package? This header is needed to
> > > build the userspace tools of aufs, which include programs such
> > > as mount.aufs or auchk.
> > >
> > > Currently it is included in linux-headers-2.6.31-common but
> > > this package is versioned and would thus require changes to
> > > aufs-tools build-dependencies for every new kernel.
> >
> > Is this a stable ABI?
>
> The last ABI break was on Aug 23; and it's only used by aufs-tools. The
> idea of including it in linux-libc-dev just seems better than all other
> options. So I don't know how stable the ABI really is, but I have only
> seen 2 ABI breaks since March.

'Only'?! That sounds no more stable than the kernel module ABI.

I don't think that an unstable and esoteric interface like this belongs
in linux-libc-dev.

> I could also include the header file into the aufs-tools source package
> like btrfs-tools does but I just think it's better to include it here,
> especially considering Debian derivatives.

Does Ubuntu include it in linux-libc-dev?

Ben.

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On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 12:34:42AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > The last ABI break was on Aug 23; and it's only used by aufs-tools. The
> > idea of including it in linux-libc-dev just seems better than all other
> > options. So I don't know how stable the ABI really is, but I have only
> > seen 2 ABI breaks since March.

> 'Only'?! That sounds no more stable than the kernel module ABI.

> I don't think that an unstable and esoteric interface like this belongs
> in linux-libc-dev.

Agreed.

> > I could also include the header file into the aufs-tools source package
> > like btrfs-tools does but I just think it's better to include it here,
> > especially considering Debian derivatives.

> Does Ubuntu include it in linux-libc-dev?

No.

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