On 24/10/2015 14:56, James Cowgill wrote: > On Sat, 2015-10-24 at 01:02 +0200, Dmitry Katsubo wrote: >> On 23/10/2015 22:43, James Cowgill wrote: >>> If you specifically want 3.18, you can download it from >>> snapshot.debian.org. http://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux/ >> >> Thanks, James! I tried to search for "linux-image" but it finds >> only kernels from squeeze and wheezy repos: >> >>> https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=linux-image > >>> > I think this was already mentioned, but since the search generated > too many results, only the first 100 were given. If you set the > suite to sid then you might find what you are looking for.
I agree in general, but when one limits the search to say "sid", it shows no kernel for i686 (for example): > https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=sid&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=linux-image If > one can show me the way to search via Web (by providing a link), I will appreciate. I can of course, do the same using apt-cache, but I usually start from Web and then I can see what repository to enable in sources.list - I think that way is the most handy. >> Still no 3.18.6 in the output of "apt-cache search linux-image". >> What I did wrong? Does it matter what repo to pick up? > > 3.18 was only ever in experimental, so you need to replace sid > with experimental in your sources line. Aha, thanks! That was not easy to guess. After adding experimental to sources.list > deb http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150208T160746Z/ > experimental main I got the following: > # apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false update # apt-cache > search linux-image ... linux-image-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae - Linux > 3.18 for modern PCs > > # apt-get install linux-image-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae Get:3 > http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150208/ > experimental/main linux-image-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae i386 > 3.18.5-1~exp1 ^^^^^^^^ Surprise, as this page http://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux/3.18.6-1~exp1/ states that version 3.18.6-1~exp1 should be in that snapshot. Finally I have downloaded .deb and installed from local file :) >> Also from what I see, the latest 3.18 kernel in snapshot repo is >> 3.18.6, however kernel.org has releases up to 3.18.22. Is it >> because the kernel was superseded by 3.19 so there are no more >> builds for 3.18 branch? > > Yes Thanks for this information, James. >> Will it be OK then to take 3.19.6 kernel from stability point of >> view? > > If you want something which gets updated and gets bug fixes, you > shouldn't be using snapshot.d.o and instead use a kernel from the > main archive. Install "linux-image-amd64" to get the latest one > from sid. I would be happy to. However it does not allow me to use the latest kernel from 3.x branch (3.16 is now 1 year old). -- With best regards, Dmitry
