[Unionfs] 2.3.3 will not compile

[Paul Bender]

bkauler at goosee.com wrote:
>> bkauler at goosee.com wrote:
>>> I have downloaded kernel 2.6.25-git11, which is a snapshot dated
>>> 27th April. I got this as it seems to have many bugfixes from
>>> the 2.6.25 release on the 17th.
>> I do not believe that 2.6.25-git11 is bugfixes for 2.6.25. Rather, it is
>> the beginnings of 2.6.26. As a result, it is likely to be less stable
>> and (as you found out) have interface changes.
> 
> Paul,
> No, the kernel.org site has this:
> 
> The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is:  	2.6.25 	2008-04-17
> 03:15 UTC
> The latest snapshot for the stable Linux kernel tree is:  	2.6.25-git11
> 	2008-04-27 19:01 UTC
> 
> They are stating that it is a snapshot of the latest stable kernel tree,
> which implies that this is progressing toward version 2.6.25.1.

I know that it what it says. Based on what it says, assuming it is 
progressing toward 2.6.25.1 is the obvious conclusion.

However, that has not been my experience. For example 2.6.24-git* was 
progressing toward 2.6.25-rc1 not 2.6.24.1. If you look at the dates on 
the patch files in <http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/> 
you will see that the date of 2.6.25-rc1 is one day after 2.6.24-git22. 
In addition, the 2.6.25-git* changelog contains some changes that appear 
to be new features not bug fixes.