On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Peter R. Wood wrote:
> Something else I just noticed is that in a full install of 8.2 beta 2, > the kernel packages have slightly different-looking versions: > kernel-headers-2.4.18-25mdk > kernel-source-2.4.18-6mdk > kernel-2.4.18.6mdk-1-1mdk > > All are 2.4.18, of course, but one is -25mdk, one is -6mdk, and one is > ..6mdk-1-1mdk.Should I assume that these are perfectly legitimate differences, based > solely on individual builds of those packages? > Thanks, > This is intentional. The kernel headers track glibc. The oddness with the actual kernel package was done to deal with the issue of folks trying to rpm -U (upgrade) their kernel, and possibly finding they now have an unbootable system. This setup allows you to install multiple kernels, side-by-side. The rest of the kernel package (source, docs, etc.), use the normal -6mdk versioning. Everything but headers is generated from 1 build, headers are built with glibc. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
