Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:08:58 +0200 | From | "J . A . Magallon" <> | Subject | RE: Q: How do I get from the latest stable kernel version to the latest prepatch version ? |
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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.
-- 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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