[arch-general] Linux kernel 4.0.2-1 flagged out-of date.
Hi. Linux kernel 4.0.2-1 is flagged out-of date, just hours after release. But pacmatic keeps offering it as an update (along with other packages), with no warning message. I am using Linux kernel 4.0.1-1-ARCH (X-64). Should I go ahead and update, or wait for Linux kernel 4.0.3-1?
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Francis Gerund <ranrund@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi.
Linux kernel 4.0.2-1 is flagged out-of date, just hours after release. But pacmatic keeps offering it as an update (along with other packages), with no warning message.
I am using Linux kernel 4.0.1-1-ARCH (X-64).
Should I go ahead and update, or wait for Linux kernel 4.0.3-1?
Looks like just a routine upstream kernel update, but 4.0.2 was in testing until just now. Amusing timing. :) -- Eli Schwartz
So, if a package (even a kernel) is shown flagged as "out-of-date" on the Arch website, and there is no later package (excluding testing, etc.), is it okay to install or update that package, if there are no other indications not to? On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 8:18 PM, Eli Schwartz <eschwartz93@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Francis Gerund <ranrund@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi.
Linux kernel 4.0.2-1 is flagged out-of date, just hours after release. But pacmatic keeps offering it as an update (along with other packages), with no warning message.
I am using Linux kernel 4.0.1-1-ARCH (X-64).
Should I go ahead and update, or wait for Linux kernel 4.0.3-1?
Looks like just a routine upstream kernel update, but 4.0.2 was in testing until just now. Amusing timing. :)
-- Eli Schwartz
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 8:33 PM, Francis Gerund <ranrund@gmail.com> wrote:
So, if a package (even a kernel) is shown flagged as "out-of-date" on the Arch website, and there is no later package (excluding testing, etc.), is it okay to install or update that package, if there are no other indications not to?
Flagging as out of date does not indicate a problem with the package, so I would feel safe upgrading. I would expect any problems to be mentioned on the news feed (depending on the problem and the package, but definitely the kernel qualifies). And when it comes to the kernel it will have spent time in testing before being given a clean bill of health. -- Eli Schwartz
Okay, thanks. Just wanted to be sure, and didn't seem to find the question answered on the arch website. On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 8:47 PM, Eli Schwartz <eschwartz93@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 8:33 PM, Francis Gerund <ranrund@gmail.com> wrote:
So, if a package (even a kernel) is shown flagged as "out-of-date" on the Arch website, and there is no later package (excluding testing, etc.), is it okay to install or update that package, if there are no other indications not to?
Flagging as out of date does not indicate a problem with the package, so I would feel safe upgrading. I would expect any problems to be mentioned on the news feed (depending on the problem and the package, but definitely the kernel qualifies).
And when it comes to the kernel it will have spent time in testing before being given a clean bill of health.
-- Eli Schwartz
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