On Sat, 2011-04-16 at 04:03 +0530, Faheem Mitha wrote: > Hi, > > If this is not the right mailing list for this question, please let me > know which one is. Thanks. > > I just compiled the 2.6.38 linux-image Debian package from source on > squeeze, per the instructions in > http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s4.2.4. > > I don't know if that was actually necessary, as the linux-image package > from unstable seems to install directly. It should work, yes. > Regardless, both the backported > and original linux-image packages have two dependencies which are not in > squeeze. These are linux-base (>= 3~) and firmware-linux-free (>= 3~). See > the apt-get error message below. The versions of these in squeeze are both > 2.6.32-31. So, my main question is, is it safe to upgrade these ie. can I > upgrade them without breaking my current 2.6.32 (default) kernel? Yes. They have to be kept backward-compatible, so that upgrades from 'squeeze' to 'wheezy' will work. > Also, I just tried to run 2.6.26 (still installed from when I was running > lenny) but it crashed and dropped down to the initramfs prompt. I don't > have the error message handy right now, but could get it. I just want to > know if I am missing something obvious. Should 2.6.26 continue to work on > squeeze without problems, or not? [...] No, see <http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#upgrading-udev>. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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