Bug#254996: base-installer: Smarter selection of the kernel to install on target

[Free Ekanayaka <free@agnula.org>]

>>>>> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:36:23 +0100, Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> said:

    Colin> On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 08:04:44AM +0200, Free Ekanayaka
    Colin> wrote:
    >> Package: base-installer Version: 0.082 Severity: wishlist
    >> 
    >> 
    >> It seems that the postinst code currently chooses the right
    >> arch for a kernel only if the kernel packages are named like:
    >> 
    >> kernel-image-(2.4|2.6)-(386|586tsc|686|k6|..)
    >> 
    >> For custom made CDs with a possible local pool, holding custom
    >> kernels, it would be nice that the script recognises also names
    >> like:
    >> 
    >> kernel-image-(2.4|2.6)-myflavour-(386|586tsc|686|k6|..)

    Colin> My experimental kernel-selection branch should be able to
    Colin> handle this, I think. At any rate it'll be easier to
    Colin> persuade it to handle it than to persuade the current trunk
    Colin> code ...

Thanks a lot for your fast reply.

I  temporary worked  around     the problem, by  introducing  my   own
kernel-image-2.4-XXX packages,  but  I'd like to  try the experimental
branch too.

How much experimental  is it? Is it  safe to grab  it and replace  the
version which comes with the beta4 d-i?

cheers,

free