[Bugme-new] [Bug 41922] New: 'make headers_install' deletes system headers

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           Summary: 'make headers_install' deletes system headers
           Product: Other
           Version: 2.5
    Kernel Version: 2.6.39.4
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: Other
        AssignedTo: other_other at kernel-bugs.osdl.org
        ReportedBy: r.berber at computer.org
        Regression: No


Created an attachment (id=70742)
 --> (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=70742)
Log of 'make -n headers_install ...'

With the objective of building glibc I needed the kernel headers installed so I
used the command: make headers_install INSTALL_HDR_PATH=/opt .

As can be seen in the attached file (where I used 'make -n' to reproduce the
problem) many of my system headers, unrelated to the kernel (things like
stdio.h), where deleted.  The problem is in line 111.

Of course part of the problem is that I installed where the old glibc, and
other headers (many also deleted) are kept.  Installing to an empty directory
works fine, but I don't see a good reason to delete files that are not going to
be replaced, and are required to build anything else.

Environment: Linux (2.6.12) with no system headers installed (i.e. nothing
under /usr/include -- its a NAS), gcc (4.5.4 prerelease), make (3.82), perl
(5.8.8).

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