make headers_install deleted header files
 

Hi All,

I am working on a user-space application. The application build successfully before
make headers_install INSTALL_HDR_PATH=/usr
Now my application fails during build.

The command installed the headers, but then automatically deleted
/usr/include/*.h

Now i am stuck in the middle of nowhere.

Can anyone tell me how to fix this issue?
Can i cleanup the mess created by make headers_install INSTALL_HDR_PATH=/usr

That's very strange.


check /usr/include (ls /usr/include), and check for directories like asm-generic/ & linux/ in /usr. If /usr/include/*.h is gone, restore a backup or reinstall. You won't build much without header files, and I gather you are building stuff.

This is all i have in /usr/include/

How can i restore a backup or reinstall

Problem Solved.

The correct command to export kernel headers for user-space application is below

make headers_install INSTALL_HDR_PATH=/usr/include

I have given /usr instead of /usr/include

I recovered the deleted files in /usr/include by reinstalling the libc-dev using the following command

apt-get install lib6-dev --reinstall

business_kid, Thanks for your time and help.