Kernel 2.6.18?

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Mon Aug 28 15:12:28 UTC 2006


Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:

>>>>>> "SH" == Steven Haigh <netwiz at crc.id.au> writes:
> 
> SH> Are you sure on this? I'm still seeing 2.6.17-1.2583.fc6 as the
> SH> latest kernel on rawhide.
> 
> Which is a prerelease 2.6.18 kernel.  It can't be called 2.6.18
> because that kernel doesn't exist yet.  See the changelog:
> 
> * Sun Aug 20 2006 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> 
> - 2.6.18rc4-git1

It *would* be called 2.6.18 if the kernel followed the Packaging Guidelines,
something like:
2.6.18-0.1.2583.rc4-git1
(:

-- Rex





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