Apt/Rawhide update doesn't seem to update kernel. . .

Dave Jones davej at redhat.com
Sat Sep 20 16:10:26 UTC 2003


On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 08:57:19AM -0500, Mike Chambers wrote:
 > On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 04:09, rg wrote:
 > 
 > > Updated everything in my Severn via Apt/Rawhide, but it didn't seem to 
 > > update the kernel. I have still have  2.4.21-20.1.2024.2.1.nptl. 
 > > Shouldn't it be newer than that?
 > 
 > It's the versioning of the old kernel to new kernel that is causing it
 > not to upgrade.  You will probably need to download and install it
 > manually initially, then it will start doing the upgrade properly.

I don't think so in this case, as 2.4.22 > 2.4.21
The problem you're thinking of would only be relevant if rg had a
2.4.22-20 kernel installed.

		Dave

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