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From: David Relson <relson@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Quick quesition regarding "linux-2.6.31.x" and "gentoo-sources-2.6.31-rx"
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:58:33
Message-Id: 20091119185804.41654df8@osage.osagesoftware.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Quick quesition regarding "linux-2.6.31.x" and "gentoo-sources-2.6.31-rx" by Marcus Wanner
1 On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:49:19 -0500
2 Marcus Wanner wrote:
3
4 > I was just wondering if a package such as "gentoo-sources-2.6.31-r6"
5 > uses kernel 2.6.31.6, or just 2.6.31. I have been digging through
6 > timestamps and the like for a while, but I just can't figure it out.
7 >
8 > Thanks, and sorry for my noobishness.
9 >
10 > Marcus
11
12 It uses a tarball and patches:
13
14
15 $$ ( cd /usr/portage/distfiles ; ls -l *2.6.31* )
16 ... 114701 2009-11-07 17:37 genpatches-2.6.31-6.base.tar.bz2
17 ... 24961 2009-11-07 17:37 genpatches-2.6.31-6.extras.tar.bz2
18 ... 139031 2009-11-16 14:50 genpatches-2.6.31-7.base.tar.bz2
19 ... 24961 2009-11-16 14:50 genpatches-2.6.31-7.extras.tar.bz2
20 ... 61494822 2009-09-12 20:14 linux-2.6.31.tar.bz2