Re: linux-image-amd64 unstable not pulling new kernel

[Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>]

On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 08:24:28AM -0500, Seb wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The description for linux-image-amd64 says:
> 
> ---<---------------cut here---------------start-------------->---
> Description: Linux image on AMD64
>  This package depends on the latest binary image for Linux kernel on all
>  64bit single- and multiprocessor AMD and Intel machines.
> ---<---------------cut here---------------end---------------->---
> 
> and I have linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64 (version 2.6.24-6), yet a new
> image version has been available for some time
> (linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64).  'apt-get update; apt-get upgrade' doesn't
> pull the new package.  Is this a bug in linux-image-amd64?

This is just because linux-latest-2.6 hasn't been updated yet.  You only
install the new kernel automaticly when that package is update and you
installed one of binary packages from that package like
linux-image-2.6-amd64.


Kurt