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[Paul Morgan]

Thanks!

On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 11:32, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 11:07, Paul Morgan wrote:
> > Can an RH beta kernel developer clarify &/or expand the following
> > statement:
> > 
> > kernel-2.4.22-1.2040.nptl is the most recent beta kernel and is in fact
> > newer than kernel-2.4.22-20.1.2024.2.36.nptl, which was available for a
> > time on RHN before being removed.
> > 
> > Following the rhl-beta-list I had thought that RH changed the version
> > numbering on the kernel, but recent comments from other subscribers
> > indicate otherwise (their confusion or mine?).
> 
> I'm not a kernel developer, but I have a pretty good handle on the
> numbering.
> 
> The old numbering scheme went something like this:
> 
> kernel-2.4.22-20.1.2024.2.36.nptl
> 
> where 2.4.22 is the kernel.org base version,
> 20 is a variable that was used at one point to prevent conflicts between
> internal kernel package trees
> 1.2024 is the build number
> 2.36 is another build number (these two were originally merged as
> 1.2024.2.36)
> and the .nptl signifies that the kernel has NPTL in it.
> 
> Since we don't need most of this anymore (legacy), we opted to go ahead
> and clean it out now.
> 
> This leaves us with: kernel-2.4.22-1.2040.nptl
> 
> Where 2.4.22 is the kernel.org base tree
> 1.2040 is the build number (note, newer than 1.2024)
> and the .nptl means that it include NPTL.
> 
> A lot simpler. :)
> 
> ~spot
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