On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:36:24 -0400 (EDT), Mark Panen wrote: > > I noticed my kernel has been upgraded two or three times but i am still > sitting on the original: > > "uname -r > 2.6.32-5-amd64" > > AFAIK > > Is this right?
Yes. One needs to distinguish the kernel version from the package version. When running the stable release (Squeeze right now), the kernel version will normally not change. But the package version will change with an update. To see the package version, enter the command dpkg-query -l linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64|grep ii This will display the package version, which right now is 2.6.32-35squeeze2. This changes with each update. > > linux-headers are kernel updates right? No. linux-headers-* packages are not kernel image packages, they are kernel headers packages. Kernel headers packages are a portion of the kernel source code. They are data declarations needed to compile out-of-kernel-source-tree kernel module source packages when the kernel source code is not installed. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/661129122.2372290.1318093098139.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
