Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

[Gabor Gombas <gombasg@sztaki.hu>]

On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:28:52AM +0100, Luis Matos wrote:

> kernel upgrades from 2.6.50 to 2.6.51 ... nvidia packages don't build in
> time (they are not free, right?) ... kernel passes to testing ...
> automatically, the nvidia-module-2.6.50 uses 2.6.50 and not *.51, so ...
> after a reboot, my xorg server will not run... when it used to.

Then create an empty nvidia-module package that depends on the latest
nvidia-module-X.Y.Z package and conflicts with linux-image-$ARCH >> X.Y.Z.
Just because you're using non-free kernel modules does not mean that
everyone else _not_ using those modules should be penalized.

Or alternatively, just reboot with the old kernel just like you'd do
when you found out that any random driver you happen depend on stops
working in the new kernel version.

Gabor

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