On Mon, 2014-02-10 at 14:23 -0500, Paul Tagliamonte wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 07:20:53PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > Please don't do that; there is no such package (and none of the obvious
> > alternative recommendations will work the way you want).
>
> That was my offhand advice - I've never had to depend on the kernel
> before - what's the prefered relation? Is there a best practices doc? (I
> feel gross for even doing it, but alas)
There is no way to depend on a minimum kernel version, because:
- the package names change for each ABI change
- if you work around that by depending on metapackages, there are also
multiple different kernel flavours
- many users use custom kernels
- having a particular kernel package installed doesn't mean it's running
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
- Albert Camus
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