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SubjectRE: Q: How do I get from the latest stable kernel version to the latest prepatch version ?

On 03.26 "Hen, Shmulik" wrote:
> Thanks.
> It just struck me odd that the latest is 2.4.2 while the prepatches were
> 2.4.3 so I figured there must be something I missed in between (my logic
> told me that a 2.4.3 patch would be against a 2.4.3 something ;-).
>

It all depends on the name of the patch. Usually, the '-preXX' patches
are 'previews' of the thing, so a 2.4.3-pre8 is 'preview 8 of what could
be 2.4.3', so as 2.4.3 still does not exist, the patch applies on 2.4.2.

On the other way, the Alan Cox series is named 2.4.2-acXX, because they
add features to test to 2.4.2 that anybody knows if will end on an 'official'
kernel. Perhaps if a bugfix-feature that appears in 2.4.2-acX is ok, it
can end up in the official preview 2.4.3-preY for the next kernel.

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J.A. Magallon # Let the source
mailto:jamagallon@able.es # be with you, Luke...

Linux werewolf 2.4.2-ac24 #1 SMP Sat Mar 24 12:40:29 CET 2001 i686

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