Re: upgrading linux kernel
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:28:06AM +0000, Steven Ayre wrote:
Hi,
> I know squeeze has only just been released but it uses kernel 2.6.32
> while sid uses 2.6.37. Does anyone know if/when 2.6.37 will become
> available in squeeze, or will it probably not be until wheezy gets
> released?
It won't, you've indeed to wait for wheezy. Though there is a chance that
at some point in the wheezy development process someone uploads a recent
kernel to backports.d.o.
> If I take the 2.6.37 package from sid and install it on squeeze, is
> that likely to give me any problems? Or would I be better off using
> sid, even though it's the testing distribution and this is for a
> production server?
Currently it could work but better be safe and try to rebuild the source
package in a squeeze chroot or on a squeeze system. But be aware of the fact
that you've to take care of security fixes for yourself if you switch away
from the default kernel image.
Sven
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