Re: Why is bullseye-backports recommended on bookworm?
On Mon 20 Nov 2023 at 11:12:03 (+0100), Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2023-11-18 23:43:34 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > On Sat 18 Nov 2023 at 23:33:59 (+0100), Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > > On 2023-11-18 09:18:56 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > > The "6.1.0-" part comes from the upstream release series. All the
> > > > kernel images containing "6.1.0-" in this section should come from the
> > > > same upstream series (6.1.x), and should have basically the same feature
> > > > set, with no major changes.
> > >
> > > BTW, since this is for 6.1.x, I've always wondered why Debian uses the
> > > "6.1.0-" prefix instead of "6.1-". The "6.1.0" is a bit confusing.
> >
> > So as not to confuse and break software that's hardwired to expect
> > three numbers in any linux kernel version.
>
> But these numbers in the package name are not the correct ones.
> If the 3 numbers matter, this could yield a potential breakage too.
There aren't really three numbers, and it's the software that's wrong,
perhaps written back in the days of 2.6.26 (lenny) or earlier.
Cheers,
David.
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