On Mon, 2010-06-07 at 14:26 +0200, arne wrote: > Package: linux-image-2.6 > Severity: normal > > due to some issues i checked today the installed kernel and was rather > confused. > beside others i have installed > 1) linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 > 2) linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 > > dpkg says the versions are respectively > 1) 2.6.32-5 > 2) 2.6.32-15 > > why does -trunk- have the version 2.6.32-5 while -2.6.32-5- has the version > 2.6.32-15?
The number (or keyword 'trunk') after '2.6.32' is an ABI version. It is like the version '6' that appears in the package name 'libc6' (except that it changes much more often). So long as the ABI version stays the same and is not 'trunk', external modules don't have to be rebuilt for a new kernel version. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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