linux-header 6.18 but gentoo-sources 6.12

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honeymak · Post by **honeymak** » Mon Feb 16, 2026 12:28 am

will there be any issue for linux-header being 6.18 while gentoo-sources being 6.12?

emerge sync is getting 6.18 linux-header and my gentoo-sources is 6.12.58

any foreseeable gentoo-sources update in recent time?

Post by **pietinger** » Mon Feb 16, 2026 12:48 am

honeymak wrote:will there be any issue for linux-header being 6.18 while gentoo-sources being 6.12?

No.

On the contrary, glibc upstream recommend it to use the newest linux-headers ->

Please see more here: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8 ... ml#8597484

(number 3 of glibc FAQ)

honeymak · Post by **honeymak** » Mon Feb 16, 2026 1:02 am

i got the logic now

great read

thx pointing

Post by **pietinger** » Mon Feb 16, 2026 1:24 am

honeymak wrote:[...] thx pointing

You are very Welcome!

Post by Hu » Mon Feb 16, 2026 1:38 am

sys-kernel/gentoo-sources was updated to offer 6.18.x and 6.19.x as the corresponding upstream versions came out. However, as those are not considered LTS upstream, they are only given the testing keyword in Gentoo.

honeymak · Post by **honeymak** » Mon Feb 16, 2026 1:46 am

Hu wrote:sys-kernel/gentoo-sources was updated to offer 6.18.x and 6.19.x as the corresponding upstream versions came out. However, as those are not considered LTS upstream, they are only given the testing keyword in Gentoo.

oooooooo
ic

that explains even more

cool thx

i guess i need accept keywords then

yay

Post by **Ionen** » Mon Feb 16, 2026 4:18 am

Hu wrote:sys-kernel/gentoo-sources was updated to offer 6.18.x and 6.19.x as the corresponding upstream versions came out. However, as those are not considered LTS upstream, they are only given the testing keyword in Gentoo.

6.18 is technically LTS and is due to get marked "longterm" pretty soon on the kernel's site -- and we are thinking about stabilizing it maybe soon'ish (not that we necessarily stabilize LTS branches right away, only when we feel they're solid enough a few versions in).

Either way, linux-headers and the running kernel do *not* need to match and this isn't something users should feel concerned about.

honeymak · Post by **honeymak** » Mon Feb 16, 2026 4:24 am

oooooooooooooic........

soonish......

then i 'd better wait

great.....i m clear now

Post by **pietinger** » Mon Feb 16, 2026 1:09 pm

Ionen wrote:6.18 is technically LTS and is due to get marked "longterm" pretty soon on the kernel's site [...]

It already is (since 2025-12-03):
https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-LTS-Kernel

Post by **Ionen** » Mon Feb 16, 2026 1:18 pm

pietinger wrote:
Ionen wrote:6.18 is technically LTS and is due to get marked "longterm" pretty soon on the kernel's site [...]
It already is (since 2025-12-03):
https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-LTS-Kernel

fwiw I was referring to the main page where it still says "stable:" rather than "longterm:" as of the writing of this, but yeah. That it was the next LTS is always decided a long time before that's done.

ruby_R53 · Post by **ruby_R53** » Mon Feb 16, 2026 4:33 pm

are there any differences between kernel headers from different minor versions? i bet some of them remained intact since major release 5

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