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Re: Do I need to upgrade my kernel (kernel-image-2.4-k6)?



On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 05:36:18PM -0700, Christopher Nelson wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 09:05:49PM +1000, Robert S wrote:
> > I am running debian with kernel 2.4.27. I see that the kernel-source package 
> > is listed in the security vulnerabilities (DSA-1097). I do a weekly "apt-get 
> > update && apt-get upgrade" but have not been prompted to upgrade my kernel. 
> > I am using kernel-image-2.4-k6.
> > 
> > Do I need to upgrade my kernel image and if so, what is the correct way of 
> > doing this? 
> 
> kernel-image-2.4-k6 will always depend on the latest 2.4-series kernel
> for the k6 in stable.  For now, regular upgrades should keep you
> up-to-date with the kernel too (I say for now, as I don't know the
> status of 2.4.x support in etch).  All you'll have to do is reboot after
> the install.

Of course, if the name of the new kernel package has changed, an
'apt-get dist-upgrade' would be necessary.

-- 
Christopher Nelson -- chris@cavein.org
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