[arch-general] Viewing Actual Kernel Release Version

[Ionut Biru]

On 02/06/2010 01:30 AM, Carlos Williams wrote:
> I noticed today when doing a system upgrade via Pacman, it wanted to
> upgrade my kernel and install 'kernel26-2.6.32.7-1' however I wanted
> to know how this version differs from my current version kernel. When
> I run 'uname -r' command, I just get "2.6.32-ARCH".

pacman -Q kernel26

>
> Can someone please tell me how I can find my exact kernel version&
> lastly - what happens to the old kernel? Does it get removed?

yes

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Ionut