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Installer doesn't register kernel with dpkg



Hi there,

I don't know if anyone has reported this problem before (I'd bet that someone 
has, but I can't find any reference to it), but the Woody installer doesn't 
tell dpkg which kernel-image was used during installation.  So, unless you 
change your kernel-image after installation is complete, "apt-get update && 
apt-get -u upgrade" will never pull in kernel security updates.

You can verify this be doing a bf24 install, then doing
"dpkg -l kernel-image*" after the install is complete.

As trivial as this sounds, I've seen numerous boxes that have an out of date 
kernel-image due to this issue.  If it can't be fixed properly, the installer 
should at least warn users about this problem and reccomend doing an "apt-get 
install kernel-image-<whatever>"

Has this issue been fixed in the Sarge installer?  If not, which package 
should I submit a bug against?

Thanks in advance
John Lightsey

Please CC me in any reply.  I'm not subscribed to debian-boot.



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