Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 5 Feb 2021 07:52:31 +0100 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Kernel version numbers after 4.9.255 and 4.4.255 |
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On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 09:19:33PM +0100, Christoph Biedl wrote: > David Laight wrote... > > > A full wrap might catch checks for less than (say) 4.4.2 which > > might be present to avoid very early versions. > > So sticking at 255 or wrapping onto (say) 128 to 255 might be better. > > Hitting such version checks still might happen, though.
By who? For what?
> Also, any wrapping introduces a real risk package managers will see > version numbers running backwards and therefore will refrain from > installing an actually newer version.
package managers do not take the version from this macro, do they? If they do, please show me which ones.
thanks,
greg k-h
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