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As trivial as this sounds, I've seen numerous boxes that have an out of date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
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