Re: kernel --append-to-version

[Jon Dowland <jon@alcopop.org>]

Fred J. wrote:
> Hi
>
> I just built a kernel based on the steps below and got this
> linux-image-2.6.16.060919_2.6.16.060919-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
>
> my quetion is why this "2.6.16.060919_2.6.16.060919" and not just
> "2.6.16.060919"?

> linux-image-2.6.16.060919_2.6.16.060919-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
  <-----------------------> <-----------> <----------> <-->
         package name          version    debian vers. arch

It's necessary to pack the version into the package name. If all 2.6.16 
kernels were 'linux-image-2.6.16', you couldn't install two at the same 
time.