Re: What is a Kernel?

[Daniel Burrows <Daniel_Burrows@brown.edu>]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 06:59:48PM -0400, Adam McKenna <adam-debian@flounder.net> was heard to say:
> > With the minor exception that apt will often want to download the
> > kernel from the archives if it has a newer version (like via an
> > epoch).
> > 
> > So in addition to using kernel package, it's a good idea to do:
> > 
> > echo "kernel-image-2.2.17 hold" | dpkg --set-selections
> > 
> > or something similar.
> 
> Yes, and IMO this is retarded behavior.  There must be a way to prevent this
> from happening.

  Apt pins will be a cool thing once Jason deems the CVS tree worthy of
release..

  Daniel

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