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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] os-headers differ from kernel version
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:57:48
Message-Id: 20051006015349.30e87b41@snowdrop.home
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] os-headers differ from kernel version by gentuxx
1 On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:54:19 -0700 gentuxx <gentuxx@×××××.com> wrote:
2 | This is just a difference that I noticed while running the 'emerge
3 | - --info' command. My kernel is 2.6.12-gentoo-r9, but emerge --info
4 | reports the os-headers as 2.6.11-r2. I was able to trace the
5 | os-headers info back to the sys-kernel/linux-headers package, which it
6 | seems the most recent is 2.6.11-r2. Why the difference? Does it
7 | matter?
8
9 Your os-headers should be of the same or an earlier version than your
10 kernel.
11
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