Why are there two sctp.h files in RHEL7.2 ?

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Issue

  • Which sctp library should be used in the code ?
[root@server ~]# ll /usr/include/*/sctp.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25434 Aug 25 11:36 /usr/include/linux/sctp.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26110 Jan 23  2013 /usr/include/netinet/sctp.h
[root@server ~]#
  • RHEL 7 includes 2 different copies of the sctp.h file, which is the correct location to be included in the application ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1

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