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stefan1975

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From: 53 6e 65 65 6b

Registered: 2007-04-16

Posts: 195

kernel headers 2.6.27 on FTP install?

Hi,

maybe i am missing the point here, but I just did a fresh FTP install of Arch i686 with kernel 2.6.29 and xorg-server 1.6. What got my attention is that the install pulls in kernel-headers 2.6.27 even when installing the .29 kernel. Is this correct and if so what if any is the reason for this discrepancy. The system is running fine though, i was just curious why this was being installed.

bash-3.2# sudo pacman -Ss kernel|grep headers
core/kernel-headers 2.6.27.6-2 (base)
    Kernel headers sanitized for use in userspace

stefan

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ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 1,553

Re: kernel headers 2.6.27 on FTP install?

The kernel-headers package is meant to contain the version of the headers glibc was built against, so you can compile things that use kernel headers properly and have them link right against the rest of the userland. It won't normally match the actual kernel version.