Re: kernel and upgrades from woody to sarge
* Steve Langasek (vorlon@debian.org) [041101 22:05]:
> On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 10:00:00PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > I think it is sufficient if the kernel is in sarge, e.g. 2.4.27, which
> > is above 2.4.24. Of course, this should be tested with exactly the
> > kernel that is in sarge.
> Package: kernel-image-2.4.27-netwinder
> [...]
> Version: 2.4.27
> [...]
> Depends: initrd-tools (>= 0.1.32), coreutils (>= 5.0), modutils (>= 2.4.15)
>
> You can't install this package on a woody system; neither the coreutils nor
> the modutils dependency can be satisfied there without first pulling in the
> new glibc. We want to reduce the need for special "upgrade" directories as
> much as possible, so it's *very* relevant to know whether the kernel shipped
> with woody is sufficient.
Yes. I read the discussions on IRC as there are no issues with a newer
kernel, but I should have checked for myself.
Thanks,
Andi
--
http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/
PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C
Reply to: