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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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