which prebuilt linux boxes seem to work best?

[Jacob Schmude]

Brent
     No, you should not do this. Then, not only would you mismatch your kernel headers, but also your C library. Then, you're basicly SCREWED! And I mean it! You may not even be able to rerun RPM to undo the damage. As other listers have said, just stay away from it, and hopefully RH will get their act together soon, or they may go down the tubes.


Brent Harding writes:
 > What if I get glibc-devel from the 6.2 distro?
 > If a program needs kernel headers to compile with, how would I deal with
 > them in a new location? It's what I hated about debian on my main machine,
 > so I renamed /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.15 to /usr/src/linux, and things
 > work fine.
 > At 10:54 PM 10/18/00 -0400, you wrote:
 > >Hi
 > >     Ah, there's the problem. RH won't let you remove the 2.4 headers.
 > They're required by another RPM, glibc-devel, required to compile anything.
 > If you manage to dump those headers in, make sure you don't put them in the
 > directory where 2.4 headers are kept, or you'll wind up in a mess, as some
 > of the filenames are the same between versions. Then you'd really be
 > missmatched.
 > >
 > >
 > >Brent Harding writes:
 > > > Oh, 7.0 is out now? What if I just dump the 2.4 headers and put in 2.2.16
 > > > headers, if they're even around? Oh, I can probably move them in from
 > > > zipspeak, because zipspeak uses kernel 2.2.16.
 > > > At 07:49 PM 10/18/00 -0400, you wrote:
 > > > >Hi
 > > > >     Well I've not installed it yet but one problem jumps out at me just
 > > > by looking at the rpm files provided. They're using 2.2.16 kernels, but
 > > > using kernel 2.4 headers? They're mixing versions. If you think your
 > > > sources are messed up, don't install this! Mixing versions of kernels is
 > > > going to give trouble, trouble you'll have a hard time getting out of. I'd
 > > > like to see someone compile a module with that. Either it wouldn't compile
 > > > at all, or it would be for the wrong kernel version. It makes me wonder if
 > > > they know what the heck they're doing, or if they're simply obsessed with
 > > > the latest and greatest! If they use 2.2.16 kernels, use those headers.
 > > > They sure aren't using 2.4 kernels, yet they use 2.4 headers? What's wrong
 > > > with this picture?
 > > > >     I had problems in general with RH 6. However, if you want rh, go
 > with
 > > > rh6, but definitely not 7!
 > > > >
 > > > >Brent Harding writes:
 > > > > > Cool, does gateway put it on automatically? I don't know what they
 > say is
 > > > > > so bad with the new redhat 7.0
 > > > >
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