heya, i understand the problem you and tpowa are facing since we have the same issue with archie-kernel package and i admit we do the same. however, we plan on changing it since i think its important to know the kernel exact subversion, mainly when kernel-vulnerability is detected. ofcourse, "pacman -Qi kernel26" will do the job, but i think having "uname -r" report 100% correct subversion is just as important imho.
maybe there could be a better solution? i havnt investigated it too much, but maybe using a symbolic link in the modules path (ie, 2.6.12 to point to latest - 2.6.12.2, etc)? i might be completely off the case, so i better stop here... On Friday 08 July 2005 22:59, Judd Vinet wrote: > Hello all, > > As you all well know by this point, the kernel developers have taken to > releasing minor updates every week or so (2.6.12.1, 2.6.12.2, etc.). > > This has really increased the kernel maintenance workload for tpowa and > myself, because each kernel rebuild means that all extraneous modules > (nforce, ipw2X00, ltmodem, slmodem, etc.) need to be rebuilt with that > version. > > To try save us some time, tpowa has reworked the kernel 2.6 PKGBUILDs > slightly. We still stay up to date with the latest minor revision of the > kernels, but we change the internal version number so that the last > minor revision number is truncated. For example, when you install > kernel26-2.6.12.2-1 and run "uname -r", it will say 2.6.12 instead of > 2.6.12.2. > > This saves us time, because tpowa no longer has to rebuild all > extraneous modules with each minor revision upgrade. It means a quicker > build process and less time involved in moving kernel-related packages > back and forth between Extra and Testing. > > If you have any questions or concerns, send them to the ML or myself and > tpowa. > > Thanks. > > > - J > > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch -- regards, Elia Yehuda, aka z4ziggy Archie project developer, http://user-contributions.org/archie.html _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
