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| From | Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> |
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.kernel, linux.debian.bugs.dist |
| Subject | Re: libbpfcc needs a way to ensure the current kernel's headers are installed |
| Date | Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:10:01 +0200 |
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On Tue, 2017-10-17 at 21:37 +0200, Alexander Kurtz wrote: > Hi! > > (Applications linked against) libbpfcc will dynamically compile and > load C source code into eBPF byte code at runtime and load the result > into the kernel for various purposes (e.g. socket filtering, tracing, > etc.). > > For this to work, it needs the kernel headers of the *currently running > kernel* [0,1]. Therefore, the maintainer of libbpfcc in Debian added a > corresponding dependency [2] which unfortunately breaks everything but > amd64 [3] and does also not quite fix the original bug [4]. > > Please comment on bug #877925 [4] and/or #878922 [3] regarding on how > to solve the "this package needs the current kernel's headers > installed" problem! You cannot use package dependencies to do this. It has to be a run- time check. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Anthony's Law of Force: Don't force it, get a larger hammer.
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Re: libbpfcc needs a way to ensure the current kernel's headers are installed Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-10-18 14:10 +0200
Bug#877925: libbpfcc needs a way to ensure the current kernel's headers are installed Alexander Kurtz <alexander@kurtz.be> - 2017-10-18 14:30 +0200
Bug#877925: libbpfcc needs a way to ensure the current kernel's headers are installed Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-10-18 15:30 +0200
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