Jeff Stevens wrote: > What does it mean to see an rpm with a kernel of 2.6.10-1.741_FC3, when > we go to a site like http://www.kernel.org and see the latest kernel is > at 2.6.10? 1.741_FC3 is the Fedora version of the kernel. Linus Torvalds produces "base" kernels every few months. These days, he doesn't automatically re-release to fix known bugs: he waits until the new features he's been adding have settled down. (That, at least, is the theory). Alan Cox is currently taking the kernels that Linus Torvalds releases, and providing "-ac" versions that do have the bug fixes and security fixes. There will be a number of these for each release Linus makes: currently, we're on 2.6.10-ac10. Then Dave Jones adds in a few features that Red Hat wants to see in the kernel, but for various reasons won't go into the Linus kernel (for example, the Exec-Shield patch, and until recently, 4G/4G). That's the Fedora version of the kernel, which gets its own numbering system based on the Red Hat build system. That's the 1.741 bit. > If one wanted to compile their own kernel from this site, > would they be losing fixes/etc. from the "-1.741_FC3" portion? Yes. At the moment, you'd lose *security* fixes. Use the latest -ac. I am. James. -- James Wilkinson | Really, *really* bad headlines: Exeter Devon UK | Drunks Get Nine Months in Violin Case E-mail address: james | Iraqi Head Seeks Arms @westexe.demon.co.uk | British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands
