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Re: linux-image-2.6-* dependency issues [was Re: Business card iso]



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Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:11:48AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
>> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>>> On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 06:37:47PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> 
>>>> ~$ apt-cache policy linux-image-2.6.20-1-686
>>>> linux-image-2.6.20-1-686:
>>>>   Installed: 2.6.20-3
>>>>   Candidate: 2.6.20-3
>>>>   Version table:
>>>>  *** 2.6.20-3 0
>>>>         500 http://ftp.ro.debian.org sid/main Packages
>>>>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>>>>
>>>> Strange thing is that linux-image-2.6-686 doesn't depend on it so I had 
>>>> to select it specificaly.
>>> I wondered why all these people have been talking about 2.6.20 stuff
>>> when my up-to-date sid is still at .18. 
>>>
>>> Is that a bug of l-i-2.6-*?
>>>
>> Andrew, see my other message.  It boils down to:  I need 2.6.21 because
>> it fixes a timing issue that affects this computer.
>>
> 
> that doesn't answer my question:
> 
> Is it a bug of l-i-2.6-* that it doesn't depend on the latest kernel
> (i.e. 2.6.20-3). AIUI, that package should always depends on the
> latest 2.6 kernel, but apparently, it doesn't
> 
> A

I agree with you.

Joe
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