[arch-general] Why doesn't Arch show full kernel version in uname-r?

[Evangelos Foutras]

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 9:29 AM, David C. Rankin
<drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
> Guys,
>
>        When I do uname -r to get the kernel name, I never get the full versions
> information about the installed kernel. Example, tonight, the new kernel is:
>
> kernel26-2.6.31.1-1-x86_64
>
> but when I do a uname -r, I only see: "2.6.31-ARCH". That doesn't tell me
> anything about the minor version, etc. and if that information is wanted, then
> you have to look at the cache or some other software package that would
> disclose this. As another example, on an older suse box I have uname -r gives:
> 2.6.25.20-0.5-pae. That tells me exactly version I'm  running. Any reason the
> rest of the version string inst included in this naming?
>
> Not a biggie by any stretch, just another curious thought ;-)
>
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In short, to save rebuilding all out-of-tree modules after every minor
kernel release.

Also see: http://www.archlinux.org/news/163/