Re: [CentOS] Mysterious versioning reported by file command

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

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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@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.