On Mon, 2013-12-23 at 01:30 +0000, Nick wrote: > Hi, > > Apologies if this isn't the appropriate place to request version > bumps, but I couldn't see a better one from browsing > http://backports.debian.org > > I'd like a newer version of the kernel than is available with > backports. Specifically I want >= 3.11.10-1, as I need bug 731271 > fixed. At the moment I just compile the kernel myself, but it'd be > nice to have a ready built and updated kernel in the backports > repository. > > I don't know how automated the kernel backporting is, and whether > it's a big job or not, but it would be helpful to me to see it > upgraded. > > Apologies again if I'm misunderstanding the protocol for requesting > such bumps. Backporting the linux package is usually quite simple but is not automated. I thought I'd actually done 3.11.10-1 but evidently I haven't. But you can just as well install linux-image packages from unstable. The dependencies are exactly the same as in wheezy-backports. (This is not true for linux-headers, though.) Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Unix is many things to many people, but it's never been everything to anybody.
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