On Mon 20 Nov 2023 at 11:12:03 (+0100), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2023-11-18 23:43:34 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > On Sat 18 Nov 2023 at 23:33:59 (+0100), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2023-11-18 09:18:56 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > The "6.1.0-" part comes from the upstream release series. All the > > > > kernel images containing "6.1.0-" in this section should come from the > > > > same upstream series (6.1.x), and should have basically the same feature > > > > set, with no major changes. > > > > > > BTW, since this is for 6.1.x, I've always wondered why Debian uses the > > > "6.1.0-" prefix instead of "6.1-". The "6.1.0" is a bit confusing. > > > > So as not to confuse and break software that's hardwired to expect > > three numbers in any linux kernel version. > > But these numbers in the package name are not the correct ones. > If the 3 numbers matter, this could yield a potential breakage too.
There aren't really three numbers, and it's the software that's wrong, perhaps written back in the days of 2.6.26 (lenny) or earlier. Cheers, David.
