Re: Apt-pinning confusion

[Ramon Hofer <ramonhofer@bluewin.ch>]

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:23:25 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:

> On Ma, 27 mar 12, 12:07:08, Ramon Hofer wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for the explanation!
>> So why didn't they "just" update the version that won't receive any
>> updates?
> 
> The new version changed ABI[1], which means all modules compiled against
> bpo.1 need to be recompiled for bpo.2.
> 
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface

So the ABI is about the same as a module? Like the one I had to compile 
(jme.ko [1]) to get the network up?

[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/02/msg02240.html

Still I don't understand why that kernel update couldn't trigger the 
recompilation of the new modules.
Maybe there's a reason why they are held separately?


Best regards
Ramon