Bug#427271: Bug#427260: am-utils: FTBFS: error: cannot find UTS_RELEASE in <linux/version.h>

[Tim Cutts]

Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> On 03/06/07 at 01:38 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
>> On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 09:26:29AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
>>> On 02/06/07 at 23:17 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
>>>> Hi Lucas,
>>>> This was a bug in linux-libc-dev that has since been fixed.
>>> Actually, the bug in linux-libc-dev was #423462, but it was about
>>> LINUX_VERSION_CODE, not UTS_RELEASE. The full content of
>>> /usr/include/linux/version.h in linux-libc-dev is:
>>> #define LINUX_VERSION_CODE 132629
>>> #define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c))
>>> So maybe UTS_RELEASE should be added to that file, and those bugs should
>>> be reassigned to linux-libc-dev. I've stopped filing bugs about those
>>> issues in the meantime.
> 
> Actually:
> <waldi> UTS_RELEASE is not defined in version.h any longer.
> this is not a bug in the kernel
> <waldi> linux/utsrelease.h is the correct header now

OK, so are we now saying that this *is* an am-utils bug after all
(albeit a really annoying one since it looks like this is just a case of
 the kernel guys pulling the rug from under your feet)?

Tim


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