Changeset 7852

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11/03/06 01:07:26 (2 years ago)
Author:
matthew
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Use version entities rather than hardcoded values so the note about keeping up to date with stable kernel releases remains accurate

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  • trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml

    r7851 r7852  
    3838 
    3939    <listitem> 
     40      <para>2006-11-03</para> 
     41      <itemizedlist> 
     42        <listitem> 
     43          <para>[matthew] - Use version entities from 
     44          <filename>packages.ent</filename> rather than hardcoded values in 
     45          the note in <filename>chapter03/packages.xml</filename>.  Remove the 
     46          warning about potential incompatibilities with the bootscripts. 
     47          Thanks to Rainer Wirtz for the report.</para> 
     48        </listitem> 
     49      </itemizedlist> 
     50    </listitem> 
     51 
     52    <listitem> 
    4053      <para>2006-10-29</para> 
    4154      <itemizedlist> 

  • trunk/BOOK/chapter03/packages.xml

    r7816 r7852  
    322322          <para>The Linux kernel is updated relatively often, many times due to 
    323323          discoveries of security vulnerabilities.  The latest available 
    324           2.6.17.x kernel version should be used, unless the errata page says 
    325           otherwise.  Do not use version 2.6.18 or later kernels due to 
    326           potential incompatibilites with the bootscripts.</para> 
     324          &linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.x kernel version should be 
     325          used, unless the errata page says otherwise.</para> 
    327326        </note> 
    328327      </listitem> 

  • trunk/BOOK/general.ent

    r7850 r7852  
    11<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
    2 <!ENTITY version "SVN-20061029"> 
    3 <!ENTITY releasedate "October 29, 2006"> 
     2<!ENTITY version "SVN-20061103"> 
     3<!ENTITY releasedate "November 3, 2006"> 
    44<!ENTITY milestone "6.3"> 
    55<!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" --> 

  • trunk/BOOK/packages.ent

    r7849 r7852  
    298298<!ENTITY libtool-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU"> 
    299299 
    300 <!ENTITY linux-dl-version "2.6"> 
    301 <!ENTITY linux-version "2.6.18.1"> 
     300<!ENTITY linux-major-version "2.6"> 
     301<!ENTITY linux-minor-version "18"> 
     302<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "1"> 
     303<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;"> 
    302304<!ENTITY linux-size "40,880 KB"> 
    303 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-dl-version;/linux-&linux-version;.tar.bz2"> 
     305<!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;/linux-&linux-version;.tar.bz2"> 
    304306<!ENTITY linux-md5 "38f00633b02f07819d17bcd87d03eb3a"> 
    305307<!ENTITY linux-home "http://www.kernel.org/">