Re: advice on bug report
Þann 2007-04-23, 19:39:50 (-0400) skrifaði Neil Katz:
> I used aptitude to install mondo (etch) on a new install:
>
> aptitude install mondo
>
> The dependent package mindi was installed and the recommended package
> kernel-image-2.6-amd64 was installed automatically. When this was
> installed, lilo was run and /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-amd64 was linked to
> /vmlinuz and /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-amd64 was linked to /initrd.img.
>
> This was a problem because my machine is a PIV. It was easily fixed
> with the rescue function on the Debian net-install cdrom, but I think
> that if Linux/kernel images should be in suggested not recommended if
> the default behavior of aptitude is to install them. Otherwise, this
> could cause unnecessary grief for less experienced users (such as those
> who have never rolled their own kernels, and so are not familiar with
> the booting process).
So file a bug against mindi since that is the package that recommends
the kernel package.
Oli
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