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pm3840

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Registered: 2013-12-16

Posts: 67

[SOLVED] linux-lts newer than linux. Is this normal?

i thought lts was on 6.1. this is a huge jump.

# pacman -Si linux linux-lts
Repository      : core
Name            : linux
Version         : 6.6.10.arch1-1
Description     : The Linux kernel and modules
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://github.com/archlinux/linux
Licenses        : GPL2
Groups          : None
Provides        : KSMBD-MODULE  VIRTUALBOX-GUEST-MODULES  WIREGUARD-MODULE
Depends On      : coreutils  initramfs  kmod
Optional Deps   : wireless-regdb: to set the correct wireless channels of your country
                  linux-firmware: firmware images needed for some devices
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : virtualbox-guest-modules-arch  wireguard-arch
Download Size   : 128.71 MiB
Installed Size  : 128.78 MiB
Packager        : Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <heftig@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : Fri Jan 5 11:20:41 2024
Validated By    : MD5 Sum  SHA-256 Sum  Signature

Repository      : core
Name            : linux-lts
Version         : 6.6.11-1
Description     : The LTS Linux kernel and modules
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://www.kernel.org
Licenses        : GPL2
Groups          : None
Provides        : KSMBD-MODULE  VIRTUALBOX-GUEST-MODULES  WIREGUARD-MODULE
Depends On      : coreutils  initramfs  kmod
Optional Deps   : wireless-regdb: to set the correct wireless channels of your country
                  linux-firmware: firmware images needed for some devices
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : wireguard-lts
Download Size   : 128.68 MiB
Installed Size  : 128.77 MiB
Packager        : Andreas Radke <andyrtr@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : Wed Jan 10 11:41:56 2024
Validated By    : MD5 Sum  SHA-256 Sum  Signature

Last edited by pm3840 (2024-01-14 15:53:01)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] linux-lts newer than linux. Is this normal?

Not normal, but it does happen. 6.7 is in testing.

As for lts, see https://kernel.org/category/releases.html

pm3840

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Registered: 2013-12-16

Posts: 67

Re: [SOLVED] linux-lts newer than linux. Is this normal?

Not normal, but it does happen. 6.7 is in testing.

As for lts, see https://kernel.org/category/releases.html

Ok thanks. So 6.6 is the new LTS. The issue here is that `linux` package is not up to date.

GeorgeJP

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From: Czech Republic

Registered: 2020-01-28

Posts: 190

Re: [SOLVED] linux-lts newer than linux. Is this normal?

It's just not usual only.
It can happen, when new stable kernel version is just one number higher than lts kernel version.
If there are some problems with new stable kernel which needs to be resolved, it sits bit longer in testing repo.
(there is currently third version of new kernel: 6.7.0-arch3).
It takes more time to verify new kernel version with new features than just adding some changes in lts kernel.