Re: New amd64 kernel in Debian x86 testing?

From	Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: New amd64 kernel in Debian x86 testing?
Date	2016-10-12 00:30 +0200
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 16:17:11 -0400
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

Hello Stefan,

>AFAICT, the latest amd64 kernel in Debian x86 testing is still 3.16
>(i.e. the one from Debian stable).
>Any idea why there's no newer one?

There are plenty.  Kernels don't get updated in the same way as other
packages.  If you want to track the latest version of the kernel,
install (in your case) linux-image-amd64.  Even then, old kernels aren't
removed on upgrade for safety reasons - in a worst case scenario, it
could leave your system unable to boot.

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New amd64 kernel in Debian x86 testing? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-10-11 22:40 +0200
  Re: New amd64 kernel in Debian x86 testing? ? ?? <mudongliangabcd@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-11 23:00 +0200
  Re: New amd64 kernel in Debian x86 testing? Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2016-10-11 23:50 +0200
    Re: New amd64 kernel in Debian x86 testing? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-10-12 17:10 +0200
      Re: New amd64 kernel in Debian x86 testing? Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2016-10-12 18:10 +0200
  Re: New amd64 kernel in Debian x86 testing? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2016-10-12 00:30 +0200

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