Bug#712737: release-notes: Ambiguity in section 4.6 regarding whether installer installs kernel-metapackage
Package: release-notes
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i
In the 4.6 it says:
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4.6.1. Installing the kernel metapackage
When you dist-upgrade from squeeze to wheezy, it is strongly recommended that
you install a linux-image-* metapackage, if you haven't done so before. This
package may be installed automatically by the dist-upgrade process. You can
verify this by running:
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The ambiguity is that it leaves unclear whether the dist-upgrade will install
or not the kernel metapackage.
If i 'read' it another way maybe the intention of the author was: " The dist-
upgrade process can install automatically the new kernel but in order to do
that you should
have in your current stable version installed the kernel metapackage"
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.7
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=el_GR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=el_GR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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