John Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> There's still something I don't understand. Ubuntu released a new
> kernel yesterday, which I think I've installed, but the kernel still
> reports the same release number as it did before the upgrade:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# uname -r
> 2.6.10-5-686-smp
>
> apt-cache gives me two version numbers for this kernel:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# apt-cache show linux-image-2.6.10-5-686-smp|grep
> Version
> Version: 2.6.10-34.2
> Version: 2.6.10-34
>
> How do I know which of these two I actually have? And if it's the later
> one, why does the kernel report exactly the same release number as the
> older package?
I got confused by this, too. The package name has a version number in it,
which is independent to the package Version: number.
$ apt-cache policy linux-image-2.6.10-5-686-smp
linux-image-2.6.10-5-686-smp:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2.6.10-34.2
Version table:
2.6.10-34.2 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com hoary-security/main Packages
2.6.10-34 0
500 http://mirror.isp.net.au hoary/main Packages
There are 2 linux-image-2.6.10-5-686-smp packages with different version
numbers, one in hoary/main the other in hoary-security/main.
The Candidate: line points to the preferred package, the one that will
get installed on an upgrade.
dpkg -s linux-image-2.6.10-5-686-smp will tell you which one you
currently have installed.
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