Hi,
The linux-header packages only defines the minimum version your binaries will
run on as it is used for the ABI definitions of various libraries such as glibc
or programs directly.
The linux-header packages should only updated when really necessary for some
major new addition as often it breaks things accidentally left and right :-/
Also it is usually quite a PITA when you build something and copy it to a
machine installed some months ago and your binaries won’t run due to a N-months
older kernel, ...
Aufs should be updated when a new version is available.
Read about lilo, did not really use it in the last 15 years, …
Greetings,
René
On Dec 1, 2015, at 3:01, scsijon <[email protected]> wrote:
> Since the linux kernel is now at 4.3, shouldn't the linux-header package be
> running the same, it's still showing 3.14? rather than
> http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.3.tar.xz.
>
> aufs is now tied to the kernel version so the matching aufs4 is at
> https://github.com/sfjro/aufs4-standalone/tree/aufs4.3 as
> git://github.com/sfjro/aufs4-standalone/tree/aufs4.3/aufs4-standalone.git
> (BTW the master branch is now just a readme and not for downloading.)
> although aufs-util hasn't been updated and is still the same as it was.
>
> aufs3 still exists as linux 3.18 and is a longterm kernel required by a
> number of other projects, such as android, who I understand intends to keep
> with linux kernel 3.xx for a while yet. ?So does T2 need a new package matrix
> for aufs4? And is there also a need to add a new linux package matrix for
> linux kernel 4.x.x and keep linux 3.18 for those needing it?
>
> refs for aufs:
> http://aufs.sourceforge.net/
> https://github.com/sfjro/aufs4-standalone/blob/aufs4.x-rcN/README
>
> and just to finish up lilo's maintainer has announced that he is finishing up
> in December 2015 and is looking for someone to take it over, also the latest
> versions of lilo (24.2) can now handle gpt and raid for those wondering how
> far it's got to.
>
> regards to all
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