Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?"

[Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com>]

On Mon, 19 Oct 2020, The Wanderer wrote:

> Actually, "rebase" isn't a Debian term at all; it's a git 
> term.

Ah, thus explaining why I found said term vaguely unpleasant. 
<g>

> To install that package and let the upgrade go forward, you 
> have a few options. The simplest, and the one I go with 
> myself, would be to run

> $ apt-get dist-upgrade

Houston, we have lift-off.

That worked like a charm. Thank you for taking a sizable chunk 
of anxiety out of my world tonight.

All best,

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