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Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels



In <[🔎] 014C08CF-FEF9-4836-B77B-8A5B644C775B@sonous.com>, Lev Lvovsky wrote:
>Well, in my case, the difference between the kernel images provided by the
> following two debs:
>
>linux-image-2.6.26-2-686_2.6.26-17_i386.deb
>linux-image-2.6.26-2-686_2.6.26-21_i386.deb
>
>don't differentiate by a release as I understand it, correct?

Correct.  The package name indicates the kernel ABI--2.6.26-2-686.  Since both 
are part of stable, the changes from the former to the latter are restricted 
to security fixes and RC (release-critical) bug fixes.
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