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Re: rootkit not found by rkhunter



On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 07:35:53PM +0300, Török Edwin wrote:
> 
> Why is not EXTRAVERSION updated during the kernel package build?
> 

EXTRAVERSION indicates the ABI version number.  It's only updated when
that changes, in order to indicate that the new kernel is not compatible
with the old one and that external modules (e.g. the ati or nvidia
graphics drivers) need to be rebuilt.

noah

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