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#1 2018-02-04 04:26:36
- fofoni
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How do the linux-lts package relate to the kernel.org's "longterm"?
I have pacman configured to tell me the versions of the packages before upgrading. When I run pacman -Syu today, it told me that it was going to upgrade:
* linux: from 4.14.14-1 to 4.14.15-1
* linux-lts: from 4.9.77-1 to 4.14.16-1
I thought it was very strange that the lts version was higher than the linux version, and checked the kernel.org page. In there, the most recent "stable" version is 4.15 (which meant that arch's "linux" is slightly out of date, which is ok for me) and the most recent "longterm" version is 4.9.80 (which is slightly higher than my currently installed linux-lts package)
I had never explicitly checked this in the past, but I'd always had the impression that arch's "linux-lts" was meant to keep track of the kernel.org's "longterm" line. If it does, why has it suddenly jumped to 4.14.16? If it does not, what exactly makes it "lts"?
Thanks for any clarifications!
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#2 2018-02-04 04:29:53
- Scimmia
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Re: How do the linux-lts package relate to the kernel.org's "longterm"?
4.14 is longterm in addition to stable. https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
core/linux is pretty much frozen when there's a feature release in testing. Too much of a PITA to update it with Arch's current setup for anything that's not critical.
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#3 2018-02-04 14:15:11
- fofoni
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Re: How do the linux-lts package relate to the kernel.org's "longterm"?
I see, thanks!
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#4 2018-02-04 14:37:32
- graysky
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Re: How do the linux-lts package relate to the kernel.org's "longterm"?
I don't believe the jump happens all on every lts branch (too lazy to look at the git history for linux-lts)... historically, we favor Greg KH's lts builds (I remember reading this on some ML post).
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