Kernel-image upgrade question

[Bill Moseley <moseley@hank.org>]

So upgrading an older PIII Toshiba laptop to etch, currently it has:

    moseley@laptop:~$ dpkg -l | grep kernel-image
    ii  kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386         2.6.8-16sarge1  
    ii  kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686         2.6.8-16sarge1  

    moseley@laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-4-686

    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree... Done
    The following extra packages will be installed:
      busybox initramfs-tools klibc-utils libklibc libvolume-id0 udev
    Suggested packages:
      linux-doc-2.6.18
    Recommended packages:
      libc6-i686
    The following packages will be REMOVED
      hotplug
    The following NEW packages will be installed
      busybox initramfs-tools klibc-utils libklibc libvolume-id0 linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 udev
    0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 1 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
    Need to get 16.9MB/17.2MB of archives.
    After unpacking 49.9MB of additional disk space will be used.


So why is hotplug removed?  Does udev replace it?





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Bill Moseley
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