On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 05:07:25PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
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> I don't recall doing anything special to get a back port kernel; was the
> back ports kernel made available generally and if so, was it removed?
>
> I'm not sure of any reason why the older KVM machine would have the 4.9
> kernel. Any hints as to why or how that happened?
>
Hi Andrew,
the only way of getting a backports kernel is by enabling
backports. Please notice that backports are disabled by default. I
confirm that both the 4.7 series and the 4.9 series are available in
Devuan backports.
My2Cents
KatolaZ
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