To Trunk or not to Trunk... kernel version craziness
 

Hi.

Trying to determine the most recent Kernel and if Trunk 'really' is gone...

Using Debian Testing 64 bit.

$ apt-cache search linux-image | grep ^linux-image | sort

Results:
linux-image-2.6.30-2-amd64 - Linux 2.6.30 image on AMD64
linux-image-2.6.32-3-amd64 - Linux 2.6.32 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-2.6.32-3-vserver-amd64 - Linux 2.6.32 for 64-bit PCs, Linux-VServer support
linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 - Linux 2.6.32 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-2.6-amd64 - Linux 2.6 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-2.6-vserver-amd64 - Linux 2.6 for 64-bit PCs, Linux-VServer support
linux-image-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-vserver-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs, Linux-VServer support

So, which is the most recent kernel for a Debian Testing 64 bit system ?

Thank you.
Seemoi

linux-image-2.6.32-3-amd64. I guess trunk is gone, but 2.6.32-3 appeared well after trunk did.

Trunk is not 'gone' according to yesterday, this is why it's confusing...

/etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.debian.org/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb http://149.20.20.135/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb ftp://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free

## Debian-Multimedia
deb ftp://ftp.debian-multimedia.org/ squeeze main

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Trunk 'Still' shows up in the repository.

Can you please explain your method to accurately determine the latest kernel ?

By the way, isn't there a 'Debian' patched kernel, and an unpatched version also?

Thank you
Seemoi

No -trunk kernels in my 2 squeeze systems...

Jim P.

You may have different repositories in your /etc/apt/sources.list than I, therefore the different result.

With the repos I listed, I still get today;
$ apt-cache search trunk

linux-headers-2.6.32-trunk-common - Common header files for Linux 2.6.32-trunk
linux-headers-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 - Header files for Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64
linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 - Linux 2.6.32 for 64-bit PCs

*** The question is... which is the most current kernel version one should use for Debian Squeeze/Testing 64bit ?

Thank you.
Seemoi

According to the packages.debian.org trunk is no longer in the testing repo:

http://packages.debian.org/search?ke...ng&section=all

It may still however exist on some of the mirrors as the OP has found.

So it looks like linux-image-2.6.32-3-amd64 is the kernel to use.

Cheers,

Evo2.

PS. You can always read the package changelog if you want to be really sure.

Thank you all.
Success.

Ciao
Seemoi

Are you sure that the -truck packages that you see in your searches are not the leftovers of the previous installation?

In synaptic go to Status > Installed (local or obsolete).