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#1 2009-10-30 07:11:11
- cb474
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Do kernel-headers need to match kernel version?
I've been sticking with kernel 2.6.30, because if issues I have with ath5k and my secondary hard drive waking all the time with 2.6.31. So I put kernel26 and kernel26-firmware in the Ignore Package line in pacman.conf. Now the new kernel-headers package just came along 2.6.31.4 and it seems if I don't upgrade it a bunch of other packages also won't upgrade (because of dependency issues): binutils firefox gcc gcc-libs glibc xulrunner.
Does it matter if I like the kernel-headers upgrade to 2.6.31, even while keeping the kernel and kernel firmware at 2.6.30?
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#2 2009-10-30 07:12:35
- Allan
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Re: Do kernel-headers need to match kernel version?
No. A forum search will find several threads with the explanation.
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#3 2009-10-30 07:16:46
- cb474
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Re: Do kernel-headers need to match kernel version?
Thanks. I did a forum search but only found threads like this one, http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=83439, that talk about the kernel header version lagging behind the kernel version. And then provide a furth explanation that's over my head (I'm not a programmer). So I wasn't sure it also applied to my situation where the kernel header version is ahead of the kernel version.
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