Re: How do I depend on a specific kernel version?
On Thu, 01 Mar 2001 19:33:22 -0500, sharkey@superk.physics.sunysb.edu
wrote:
>> On Thu, 1 Mar 2001 11:45:42 -0500, Aubin Paul <aubin@punknews.org>
>> wrote:
>> ... which doesn't seem to depend on a 2.4 kernel.
>
>Don't even try to depend on a kernel-image package. So many people
>custom compile their own kernels from scratch, that you can't possibly
>require that a particular image be installed.
So Debian doesn't have any special precautions for kernel
capabilities? I could live with that and check in the preinst if an
iptables-compatible kernel is installed. However, I would not be able
to prevent a non-iptables-compatible kernel from being installed after
my package has been installed, enabling the user to shoot themselves
in the foot?
Have there been policy-discussions to have kernel-capabilities
Pseudopackages, and probably having iptables-compatible kernel debs
Provides: kernelcap-iptables?
>Do like the lsof-2.0.36 and lsof-2.2 packages do, and put the kernel
>revision in the package name, tell people what they need in the
>package description, and leave it up to them to satisfy that
>dependency.
Unsatisfying, but obviously currently the only way to do it.
Greetings
Marc
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