On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:12:11PM +0000, "Adam D. Barratt" <debian-bts@adam-barratt.org.uk> was heard to say: > On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 12:25 -0600, Tim Christian wrote: > > Package: apt > > Version: 0.5.28.6 > > Severity: important > > File: /usr/bin/apt-get > > > > > > I was using (via `dpk -l`): kernel-image-2.4.27-1-38 2.4.27-6 > > > > I noticed the following security alert: > > http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 > > > > Therefore, I issued: apt-get update && apt-get upgrade > > The update did not recognize that I needed to update the kernel. > > Indeed not, nor should it have. > > kernel-image-2.4.27-1-686 is an entirely different package from > kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686. (The difference in the package names exists > for a reason and one does not necessarily want to automatically upgrade > a kernel to one with a different module abi). Note that if you do want to get kernel image updates automatically, you can install the "kernel-image-2.4-686" package, which should always depend on the most recent kernel-image-2.4.*-686 package. Daniel
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