id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
2024	Bad outcome of make headers_install	Marty Jack	lfs-book@…	"When 2.6.21 came out, I decided to install new kernel headers.  I learned that if you do make INSTALL_HDR_PATH=/usr headers_install over top of a finished system, it destroys everything in /usr/include other than what make headers_install thinks should be there.

This was expensive to fix.  I think a note in the book not to do that would be a good idea.  There are other means to this end such as installing to a temporary directory and cp -R; although it's also arguable that if you want new kernel headers, the only sane way to do it is as part of a fresh start.

-- Marty Jack
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