apt-get upgrade of kernel-image

[Chris Searle <debian@chrissearle.org>]

Hi,

I ran apt-get upgrade -u yesterday and noticed that it was wanting to
upgrade kernel-image-2.4.24-1-686.

The upgrade went OK (apart from ALSA will no longer load) - but I'm
confused - I thought that upgrade would not upgrade a kernel-image -
that you had to choose to do so by running apt-get install? It's
certainly the first time I've had a kernel-image turn up in the
upgrade list.

Do kernels get upgraded the same way as other packages?

-- 
Chris Searle