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Bug#253197: Fix for the problem



On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 09:53:09PM -0500, Chad Martin wrote:
> The following line is incorrect in the get_arch_kernel function of the  
> base-installer udeb postinst routine:

> version=$(uname -r | cut -d . -f 1,2) # 2.4 or 2.6

> It should read:

> version=$(uname -r | cut -d - -f 1,2) # 2.4 or 2.6.8-2

> Just setting the version to 2.4 or 2.6 does not match the available  
> kernel-image names.  Those names look like 2.6.8-2-686 or 2.6.8-10-em64t.   
> The "." in the "cut" command needs to be a "-".

> Making this change will allow the proper kernel to be selected.

Uh, no.

$ apt-cache policy kernel-image-2.6-686
kernel-image-2.6-686:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 101
  Version Table:
     101 0
        500 http://debian.oregonstate.edu testing/main Packages
$

The em64t kernel is not installed by the installer, with or without this
change.

-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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