Re: Bug#513087: bcm43xx-fwcutter not replaced by b43-fwcutter when upgrading
Hi,
Simon Valiquette wrote:
> When upgrading from Etch to Lenny, b43-fwcutter is not automatically
> installed even if bcm43xx-fwcutter was previously installed.
That's intended.
> This obviously make the wireless card to stop working (at least on
> the iBook G4) once the kernel get upgraded from 2.6.18 to 2.6.26,
> so we have a lost of functionality when upgrading to Lenny.
And we should beep bcm43xx-fwcutter for kernel 2.6.18, in case you need
to boot it again for whatever reason. Besides that, b43-fwcutter does
not even know which kernel you run.
> The only thing needed to be able to upgrade directly from Etch to Lenny
> is a virtual package named bcm43xx-fwcutter that would install b43-fwcutter
> (and maybe also remove the old bcm43xx-fwcutter and bcm43xx-source packages).
See above.
> Since it is very easy to do, and that it give a much better user experience
> when upgrading from Etch, I don't see a reasons for not doing this in Lenny.
I don't think it'd make sense, given you want to keep bcm43xx-fwcutter
for the old kernel. But if someone overruled me....
Grüße/Regards,
René
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