Saturday 09 August 2008, Sandro Tosi wrote : > > What are these packages good for ? > > > > linux-image-amd64 > > linux-image-2.6-amd64 > > > > Are these meta-packages ? Or are these packages intend to let > > aptitude or apt-get automatically install the newest > > kernel-versions ? (If yes, then these are the packages I am looking > > for) > > for sure "linux-image-2.6-amd64" lets you have always the latest 2.6 > kernel for amd64 installed. apt-cache show it and check Depends line: > it should have (if your machine is enough up-to-date) the version > 2.6.25-2. And linux-image-amd64 as a dependance on the latest linux branch (here linux-image-2.6.amd64). If one day Linux jump to 2.8 version, then linux-image-amd64 dependance will be modified accordingly. > > Kindly, > -- > Sandro Tosi (aka morph, Morpheus, matrixhasu) > My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ > Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi Regards, Thomas Preud'homme -- Why Debian : http://www.debian.org/intro/why_debian
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