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[Paul Morgan]

Can an RH beta kernel developer clarify &/or expand the following
statement:

kernel-2.4.22-1.2040.nptl is the most recent beta kernel and is in fact
newer than kernel-2.4.22-20.1.2024.2.36.nptl, which was available for a
time on RHN before being removed.

Following the rhl-beta-list I had thought that RH changed the version
numbering on the kernel, but recent comments from other subscribers
indicate otherwise (their confusion or mine?).

(I am not opining on the virtues or non-virtues of version numbering but
simply looking for an authoritative clarification.)

Thanks in advance.

Supporting references:
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kernel-2.4.22-1.2040.nptl         build date is 9 Sept.
kernel-2.4.22-20.1.2024.2.36.nptl build date is 3 Sept.

kernel-2.4.22-20.1.2024.2.36.nptl is no longer available on RHN, which
was also mentioned by Alexandre Oliva of Red Hat when he wrote in this
list:
<quote>
Upgrades from betas to betas or betas to final have never been meant
to work.  My only objection WRT version numbers is that, if you've
already go the 2.4.22-20.1.etc kernel from RHN, it won't let you know
if a newer 2.4.22-1.etc kernel is uploaded to the Severn updates
channel.  This will require action from the RHN team to remove the
2.4.22-20.1.etc kernel from the channel (which AFAICT was already
done, so nobody else should be driven into a pit by RHN) and from
every user who has already installed 2.4.22-20.1... to manually update
to the next version as it makes it to the RHN channel then remove
-20.1... if they'd like RHN to let them know about other updates.
That's not a big deal, but it's something that IMHO we should have
tried to avoid.
</quote>

Contradictory references:
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Féliciano Matias wrote:
for rpm (and up2date/yum/apt) the new kernel (2.4.22-1.2040.nptl) is
older than the previous kernel (2.4.22-20.1.2024.2.36.nptl).

Leonard den Ottolander wrote:
> I tried out  kernel-2.4.22-1.2040.nptl on an HP ze4315us laptop and it
> locked up on pcmcia when booting the machine.
You could try upgrading to kernel-2.4.22-20.1.2024.2.36 and see if your
problem persists. If so search https://bugzilla.redhat.com and if
nothing is found submit a bug report.