Re: unable to upgrade kernel

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Friday 04 July 2014 15:30:10 Linux-Fan wrote:
> On 07/04/2014 04:12 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Friday 04 July 2014 14:42:47 Stephen Powell wrote:
> >> Since you are trying to install a 3.14 kernel from backports, I assume
> >> that you are running wheezy.  You need to install the initramfs-tools
> >> package from wheezy-backports too, version 0.115~bpo70+1, I think.
> >
> > I had no trouble installing the backported kernel, but I specifically
> > instructed aptitude to use wheezy-backports repository.  <-t
> > wheezy-backports install>, so perhaps it upgraded dependancies.
>
> I do not think it is related to the "-t wheezy-backports" but rather a
> difference between apt-get and aptitude: Unlike apt-get, aptitude
> suggests to upgrade initramfs-tools after one has rejected some other
> proposals.

I didn't have to reject anything.  It just did it.

Lisi