On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Magnus Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On http://packages.debian.org/sid/linux-image-2.6.25-2-686 I can read the > following: > > Package: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686 (2.6.25-5) > > The 2.6.25 I get, but what is the difference between the -2 and the -5. My > guess is that the -x is the debian build version, but why the different > numbers? >
linux-image-2.6.25-2-686 is the name of a Debian binary package built from the linux-2.6 Debian source package, version 2.6.25-5. I'm not sure why there is a -2 in the binary package name, but it would come from the source package being setup so that it builds a binary package with that specific version in it, for some reason determined by the package maintainers. The idea might be to allow multiple versions of the 2.6 kernel, built from the same source package, to be installed alongside each other. Perhaps only 2 of the 5 Debian versions of 2.6.25 need the ability to be installed alongside each other (as opposed to just upgrading the current kernel image in place). The Debian changelog might shed some light on the subject: http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.25-5/changelog David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
