Re: NPTL support in 2.4 kernel series?
Martin Kittel wrote:
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> > On a freshly installed Debian system you can happily uninstall any
> > kernel-image package because there are no[1] dependencies on it,
> > *because* installing kernels with make install is supported practice.
> > [1] Except for acouple of kernel-modules packages, which depend on a
> > specific kernel compiled with specific options selected.
>
> Then one might wonder what is the use of a general "Provides:
> kernel-image-xy" if one is not to use it. In my opinion it is there so
> one can use it if necessary.
The installer uses it. This doesn't mean it has to be the actually
running kernel.
Thiemo
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