Re: Should intel-microcode recommends be versioned (firmware-linux)?

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:15:37PM +0200, Touko Korpela wrote:
> When using squeeze system, with wheezy (backports) of kernel and firmware,
> recently firmware-linux started to recommend intel-microcode and
> amd64-microcode packages.
> I think that intel-microcode recommends can be versioned, so that it prefers
> reworked versions (1.20120606.1 or newer) instead of old squeeze version.

I don't think a versioned Recommends will have the effect you're
hoping for.

Also if there have been important bug fixes to the microcode then they
should be included in stable-updates, not just squeeze-backports.

Ben.

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