On Wed, 2012-07-04 at 13:47 +0200, Florian Manschwetus wrote: > Package: linux-image-3.2.0-2-amd64 > Version: 3.2.20-1 > > Currently breaks the naming of the kernel-packages in debian the > behaviour expected from uname following its manpage. So I would suggest > to rename the kernel-package to something less missleading, like > linux-image-3.2-abi[ABI_VERSION] or linux-image-3.2.x-[ABI_VERSION]. Which would break, for example, module-assistant. > Or maybe use the fullversion and copy the modules automatically during > postinst as long as the abi stays the same. I would like to do this, but we would have to take care to avoid filling up /boot with a large number of installed packages. > An output of uname -a / -r that follows the common standard is also > expected in the guidelines about reporting bugs against debian. > => http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting mentions use / inclusion of > output of uname -a to give information about the currently used kernel > version, what is currently definitely wrong!!! [...] It should instead recommend 'cat /proc/version'. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings When in doubt, use brute force. - Ken Thompson
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