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Bug#548466: marked as done (real kernel is undependable)

Your message dated Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:31:41 +0000
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and subject line Re: real kernel is undependable
has caused the Debian Bug report #548466,
regarding real kernel is undependable
to be marked as done.

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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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On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 04:06:48PM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> 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.

linux-latest-2.6 has been updated promptly along with the kernel ABI
for the last year or so.  Therefore I consider this bug fixed.

Ben.

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