On Tue, 2018-01-23 at 08:54 +0000, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 at 21:54:49 -0600, Xan Charbonnet wrote: [...] > > I wouldn't be surprised > > if the kernel packages are by far the most popular backport, even on a lot > > of systems the only backport. > > The kernel is relatively self-contained, so if the kernel and maybe some > firmware are a special case, perhaps installing the stable kernel on > an otherwise oldstable system would be a viable option that would not > require someone to maintain a separate kernel backport? That often works (it should do for the specific case of jessie kernel + wheezy userland) but sometimes there are incompatibilities with specific bits of userland (such as X drivers or initramfs-tools) which require config changes in the backported kernel or additional upgraded packages. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction.
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