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From: Kevin Daudt <kdaudt@alpinelinux.org>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 18:29:43 +0100
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Subject: Re: linux-lts-dev versions not matching kernel
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On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 9:22=E2=80=AFAM Olle L=C3=B6gdahl <olle.logdahl@umu=
.se> wrote:
>
> I'm sure there is a reason, but I find it weird that alpine running kerne=
l 6.6.4 (Alpine Linux 3.19.0) doesn't have a linux-lts-dev
> package for the same kernel. I can only find one for 6.6.12-lts.
>
> I'm trying to build LKMs inside alpine, and I would like to build them
> for my currently running system. That would require kbuild, which is
> packaged together with linux-lts-dev. I know I could compile it from sour=
ce, but it takes a bit too long for our setup.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Olle L=C3=B6gdahl

Hello Olle,

This is expected. We don't keep older versions of packages, so if you
didn't install the -dev package at the same time as
the kernel, and the kernel is updated, the old version of that package
is no longer available.

Kind regards,
Kevin