On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 07:54:01PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 03:45:28AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Then what does this have to do with the problem people are trying to solve? > > The problem is that there is *no* kernel available in sarge that meets the > > needs of the etch udev and lvm packages, and as a result people have to > > install a new kernel, reboot, and then continue with the upgrade > No, they need to reboot after installing udev/lvm, not before. Then you've once again left the user without any assurance that their system is bootable at the end of the udev/lvm install. We *must* avoid leaving the user in a state where rebooting the system could leave /usr and /var unmountable, the network inaccesible, and so on. > > > Hu? The kernel image have to be configured already. > > *What* kernel image? > Which should be used. I don't see anywhere you've specified a mechanism for determining what kernel image this is, or ensuring that it is configured first. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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