I am using a 2.6.19.1 kernel on my Slackware 11.0 box, but the
system include files that I have still are those put in place at
installation time - files for a 2.4.* kernel. I have not removed those
and installed the 2.6.* include files instead because of a warning
concerning the possibility of breaking something when installing such
files - something to do with the fact that glibc has been compiled
against 2.4.* include files.

Is it actually a dangerous thing to do to install the 2.6.*
include files? What are people's experiences in this respect?

On 2007-02-26, K. Jennings <kjennings@resurgence.net> wrote:
> I am using a 2.6.19.1 kernel on my Slackware 11.0 box, but the
> system include files that I have still are those put in place at
> installation time - files for a 2.4.* kernel. I have not removed those
> and installed the 2.6.* include files instead because of a warning
> concerning the possibility of breaking something when installing such
> files - something to do with the fact that glibc has been compiled
> against 2.4.* include files.
>
> Is it actually a dangerous thing to do to install the 2.6.*
> include files? What are people's experiences in this respect?


http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...04#post2629704
There are some unrelated topics discussed, but take note of the link
to Linus's post with respect to my comments on the /usr/src/linux
symlinks.

RW