Hi fellow users of debian, I read about various accounts of newbies and others asking on ocassion about 'why is debian upgrading my kernel?'. After reading the short description on some of the kernel image packages, I think I understand why and wanted to know if others though that my suggestion would address this issue. The descrition on 'linux-image-2.6-k7' is 'This package depends on the latest binary image for Linux kernel 2.6 on 32bit AMD Duron/Athlon/AthlonXP machines.' While this subtly suggests that it may upgrade your kernel, I think the wording could be improved to make it dead clear. Something like 'This package depends on the lastest binary image for $KERNEL kernel $VER on $BITbit $CPU machines. This package will cause your kernel to be upgraded when you upgrade your system, so if you do not want your kernel to be upgraded automatically, use the specific kernel-image for your machine and not this metapackage.' The change would affect every kernel-image, on i386 this is 20 package, for a total of maybe 100 packages. So it would be a 'mass bug filing' of a minor bug of either wishlist or normal severity. cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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