Re: Security update of etch did not update my Kernel. Still vulnerable. Why???
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On 03/09/08 13:40, Mitchell Laks wrote:
> On 13:57 Sun 09 Mar , Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>> Do you have the linus-image-2.6 meta-package installed? If you only
>> have an actual linux-image deb installed, it will never be upgraded.
>> The meta-package will always depend on the most recent version and will
>> be updated at the time that the new version is added to the repository.
>
>> The "standard" way of handling this is to use aptitude to install the
>> linux-image-2.6 meta-package which will bring in everything upon which
>> it depends. Once you are running the new kernel without errors, you can
>> start to remove older kernels manually from within aptitude.
>
> I use apt not aptitude ( :( ). I am used to it.
> When I try to do
> apt-get install linux-image-2.6 it tell me that it is a virtual package
> provided by (the long list of packages).
> " You should explicitly select one to install ".
>
> It does not give me the option of selecting the virtual package....
>
> I did apt-get dist-upgrade and then explicitly installed the
> linux-image-2.6.18-6-486 to get upgraded.
>
> This followed the instructions of Graham. Thank you Graham.
>
> Is there some way to get the virtual package loaded using apt
> so that the security kernel upgrade will be automatic?
Every time I see that kind of message, I just pick the "real" base
package that I want.
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Jefferson LA USA
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