Bug#548466: real kernel is undependable
Package: linux-latest-2.6
Version: 2.6.30+20
Severity: wishlist
linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-2.6-amd64 seem to be pretty
fragile. Every other day their dependency to the "real" kernel
package is broken, because the kernel has been updated and
linux-latest-2.6 is not in sync.
Do you think it would be possible to increase the stability of
these packages wrt. the dependencies? I would like to have a
reliable way to install a kernel without knowing the version
information.
AFAICS there are several options:
- merge the source packages for linux-latest-26 and linux-2.6,
making sure the packages are in sync
- make linux-image-amd64 a virtual package provided by the "real"
kernel, or create a new virtual package for this purpose
- don't put too much version information into the name of the
"real" kernel package, and use the debian version number
instead
Surely there are other options that I do not see.
It would be very nice if this problem could be resolved.
Many thanx
Harri
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