Darren New wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>>   For some reason OpenSuse has the policy that they never upgrade the
>> kernel (nor gcc) of a given distro to the newest version. 
> 
> I've not found that to be the case. My OpenSuse machines at work have 
> three different kernels, depending on when I upgraded them.

I take that back. There are three different kernels, but the differences 
are all in security patches. I don't know what I was thinking. I'll 
blame it on the whiskey or something. ;-)

And it's not a bad thing, btw. We have 3rd party code that needs a 
specific compiler, and other 3rd party device drivers that link against 
the kernel. Stability in the basic infrastructure can be a good thing.

(Sadly, the compiler version the 3rd-party code needs isn't the compiler 
that comes with the SuSE we're using, so that kind of sucks, but ...)

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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