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Re: linux-4.9 in jessie, broken dependency on linux-base



On Thu, 2018-07-19 at 17:26 +0200, Baptiste Jonglez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I saw the recent announcement about linux-4.9 [1,2] in jessie.
> 
> However, these new packages are not installable without jessie-backports,
> because they depend on linux-base >= 4.3~, while only linux-base 3.5 is
> available on plain jessie:
> 
>     # apt install linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-amd64
>     The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>      linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-amd64 : Depends: linux-base (>= 4.3~) but 3.5 is to be installed
> 
> Aren't these linux-image-4.9* packages supposed to be used without
> jessie-backports?  I may have misunderstood the intent.

No-one should install these unless they are already using jessie-
backports.  The intent is primarily that they can be updated even
though jessie-backports will not be updated.

However, this dependency on a version not in jessie is a real bug.  It
is probably safe to update linux-base in jessie, but I'll have to take
some time to verify that.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
                                                         - Albert Camus

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