[Bug 368521] [NEW] Amd64 kernels have the same name as ia31 kernels

[rew]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: linux-image-server

When 64-bit capable machines first appeared, installing a 64-bit
userspace wasn't as attractive as it is now. Now is the time to switch
(for me).

Because my system was upgraded from originally 32-bit machines, and I
want to make sure I can still continue to work, should the 64-bit
environment fail to work, I want to dualboot between the two systems in
the transition period. (Just like I kept my old debian environment
around for a while after installing Ubuntu).

The "boot" directory between the two systems needs to be shared. So I
want to install the 64-bit kernel alongside the 32-bit kernel. However
it turns out that this kernel's filename is exactly the same. It would
be nice if in the future the 64-bit kernel would be named slightly
different so that the filenames in /boot and the filenames in
/lib/modules would not clash....

(I have a debian system that flawlessly runs a chrooted 64-bit ubuntu.
But we upgraded the kernel to be 64-bit separately. This is something
that requires running the 64-bit kernel with the 32-bit root, which
requires the /lib/modules directory to be different.....)

Description:    Ubuntu 9.04
Release:        9.04

linux-image-server:
  Installed: 2.6.28.11.15
  Candidate: 2.6.28.11.15
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.28.11.15 0
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

(This problem goes away automatically once 32-bit kernels start to be
able to run 64-bit binaries. I'm not sure if this is going to happen
soon).

** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Amd64 kernels have the same name as ia31 kernels
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368521
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