Bug#349354: initramfs-tools - kernel -udev dependency loop

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

severity 349354 critical
thanks
On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 05:27:43PM +0300, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools,kernel,udev
> 
> Currently:
> 
>   - recent linux-image packages depend on 'initramfs-tools | yaird | 
> linux-initramfs-tool', so initramfs-tools is the 'default' alternative
> 
>   - initramfs-tools depends on recent udev
> 
>   - recent udev refuses to install unless recent kernel is running
> 
> This loop needs to be broken somehow.

Indeed.

This means that we could as well make yaird the default again, since in both
case we need to first upgrade the kernel to a recent 2.6, and then only can we
upgrade the the kernel.

So, this absolutely needs to be solved, thus raising the severity to critical :)

Friendly,

Sven Luther