Re: kernel and upgrades from woody to sarge
On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 12:34:09PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote:
> * Andreas Barth (aba@not.so.argh.org) [041102 10:05]:
> > * Steve Langasek (vorlon@debian.org) [041101 22:05]:
> > > Package: kernel-image-2.4.27-netwinder
> > > [...]
> > > Version: 2.4.27
> > > [...]
> > > Depends: initrd-tools (>= 0.1.32), coreutils (>= 5.0), modutils (>= 2.4.15)
> > >
> > > You can't install this package on a woody system; neither the coreutils nor
> > > the modutils dependency can be satisfied there without first pulling in the
> > > new glibc. We want to reduce the need for special "upgrade" directories as
> > > much as possible, so it's *very* relevant to know whether the kernel shipped
> > > with woody is sufficient.
>
> Today seems to be my day of bad reading ;)
>
> modutils in woody is 2.4.15-1, and so, it should work.
> initd-tools in woody is 0.1.32woody.3, also ok.
> coreutils is a new package; it is the sucessor of shellutils. However,
> even shellutils is too old for that package (if the version numbering is
> in sync). @kernel-team: Would it be possible to work with the old
> shellutils for the upgrade?
Probably not, though I am not entirely sure what you are asking.
You want to install a kernel package that was built for sarge on woody?
--
Horms
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