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Re: kernel-image and epoch



On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 01:38:50AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 11:33:13AM -0700, Michael Meskes wrote:
> > Could anyone please tell me why the kernel-image package's got an epoch?
> > this breaks locally compiled (via kernel-package) kernel images. No matter
> > what naming you have used there it is overwritten by the epoch.
> 
> make-kpkg --revision=3:hostname.2.2.0 kernel_image

Bzzzzzzzt. my understanding of the revision whatsit, is just for the debian
revision. i.e., above ==  2.2.17-3:hostname.2.2.0  which dpkg-deb borks on.
(epoch is not a number (epoch == "2.2.17-3"))

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                       Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)

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