Re: apt-get upgrade of kernel-image
Hello
Chris Searle (<debian@chrissearle.org>) wrote:
> 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?
Yes. Exceptions are intallation kernels, which are not set to
"installed" in the package database, and name changes like from 2.4.18
to 2.4.28-1.
bets regards
Andreas Janssen
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