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Bug#633961: linux images must conflict with unfixed input-utils



On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 08:35:21PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 14:29:47 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> 
> > How could a package declare "I need at least kernel 2.6.39"?
> 
> You can't, and shouldn't, do that (at least until after the wheezy
> release).

Why "shouldn't"?

What would be the correct handling for a package whose upstream sources 
use a userspace<->kernel interface introduced in 2.6.39?

> Cheers,
> Julien

cu
Adrian

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