[CentOS] Mysterious versioning reported by file command

[Frank Cox]

On Sat, 26 May 2012 10:25:54 +0200
Reindl Harald wrote:

> > Why does the output from file say "Linux 2.6.18" when the actual kernel in
> > use is 2.6.32?
> 
> it DOES NOT, learn to read outputs - it speaks about the elfutils
> why should their output reflect the current kernel point version
> it is not their job because "uname" exists

[frankcox at mutt ~]$ rpm -q elfutils
elfutils-0.152-1.el6.x86_64

That's not version 2.6.18 either.

My question is, where does  that 2.6.18 come from?

It's not the current kernel version, it's not the gcc version, and it's not the
current elfutils version either.

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