what are pX and #X

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> My understanding is that as long as pX doesn't change then #X will be
> incremented.
> 
> If you do another rebuild of your p10 system now then I would imagine
> that #X would increase to #1 and will continue to increase until pX is
> altered.
> 
> Al

Interesting. I'll give it a try.

What confuses me is that p is changed to 10 by updating only the kernel 
(the world is supposedly the old one). This means that there is no clear 
indication what is exactly updated (kernel/world) and what is not.

Thank you,
Iv.

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