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-rw-r--r--chapter01/changelog.xml13
-rw-r--r--chapter03/packages.xml5
-rw-r--r--general.ent4
-rw-r--r--packages.ent8
4 files changed, 22 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index df77b8f85..40c09b1f1 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,19 @@
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>2006-11-03</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[matthew] - Use version entities from
+ <filename>packages.ent</filename> rather than hardcoded values in
+ the note in <filename>chapter03/packages.xml</filename>. Remove the
+ warning about potential incompatibilities with the bootscripts.
+ Thanks to Rainer Wirtz for the report.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>2006-10-29</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
diff --git a/chapter03/packages.xml b/chapter03/packages.xml
index e2e0d7b48..abba3c275 100644
--- a/chapter03/packages.xml
+++ b/chapter03/packages.xml
@@ -321,9 +321,8 @@
<note>
<para>The Linux kernel is updated relatively often, many times due to
discoveries of security vulnerabilities. The latest available
- 2.6.17.x kernel version should be used, unless the errata page says
- otherwise. Do not use version 2.6.18 or later kernels due to
- potential incompatibilites with the bootscripts.</para>
+ &linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.x kernel version should be
+ used, unless the errata page says otherwise.</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 7172c81cb..988249a64 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20061029">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "October 29, 2006">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20061103">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "November 3, 2006">
<!ENTITY milestone "6.3">
<!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index bc61c90ca..c6b9942fd 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -297,10 +297,12 @@
<!ENTITY libtool-ch6-du "16.6 MB">
<!ENTITY libtool-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">
-<!ENTITY linux-dl-version "2.6">
-<!ENTITY linux-version "2.6.18.1">
+<!ENTITY linux-major-version "2.6">
+<!ENTITY linux-minor-version "18">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "1">
+<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
<!ENTITY linux-size "40,880 KB">
-<!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-dl-version;/linux-&linux-version;.tar.bz2">
+<!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;/linux-&linux-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY linux-md5 "38f00633b02f07819d17bcd87d03eb3a">
<!ENTITY linux-home "http://www.kernel.org/">
<!ENTITY linux-ch8-du "310 - 350 MB">