On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 10:50:37PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > package src:linux-2.6 > found 658764 3.1.8-2 > found 658764 3.2.4-1 > thanks > > On 05-Feb-2012, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > Does this happen with version 3.2.4-1 from sid, too? > > I'm confused about which version to get; the names are weird: > > Unpacking linux-image-3.2.0-1-amd64 (from > .../linux-image-3.2.0-1-amd64_3.2.4-1_amd64.deb) > > So that's either 3.2.0 or 3.2.4, I'm not sure. [...]
It's really 3.2.4, but the release reported by 'uname -r' will be '3.2.0-1-amd64'. We leave out the '.4' so that it is not necessary to rebuild out-of-tree modules for each stable update, but we have to substitute something to avoid breaking programs that expect three dotted numbers at the start. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. - Albert Camus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org