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Re: apt-get upgrade tries to replace my kernel-image



On Sat, Jun 12, 1999 at 06:31:40PM -0700, Mark Wagnon wrote:
> Bob Nielsen wrote:
> > 
> > The best way I've found around this is to use epochs when compiling my
> > own kernel with make-kpkg:
> > 
> > make-kpkg --revision=1:custom.1.0 kernel_image
> > 
> > This is discussed in the kernel-package docs.
> 
> Thanks. Forgive my ignorance, but what are epochs? Hmmm. I'm off to
> change my revision number!

Epochs are a kludge to use when the version numbers are messed up.  See
the README.gz file in /usr/doc/kernel-package.

Bob

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