Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change

Chris Friesen
2008-10-17T15:31:09Z

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 12:55:44AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 09:47:51AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>> ...
>>> Packages are built in a chroot with the correct release installed.
>> Then why would this break if they are being built against the correct,
>> older, kernel?
>
> How could you build userspace "against a kernel"?

I imagine many embedded products regularly build (or even cross-build) a
kernel and a matching userspace against that kernel, independent of the
running kernel on the build machine. I know that we do it every day...

Chris