First kernel upload for gutsy...priceless
Ben Collins
ben.collins at ubuntu.com
Sun May 6 07:21:44 UTC 2007
On Sat, 2007-05-05 at 14:03 +0200, Thilo Six wrote:
> Ben Collins wrote the following on 03.05.2007 16:52:
>
> <snip>
>
> > The linux-image-generic package will depend on the matching kernel image
> > and ubuntu modules.
> >
> > This means that it is impossible for someone to perform an upgrade from
> > feisty and get linux-image-2.6.22-1-generic, but not get
> > linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-1-generic. There is nothing to cause the
> > kernel image to get updated without also bringing in the modules.
>
> FYI
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20/+bug/86850
>
> As you can see it is allready possible the have linux-generic installed
> without having linux-generic meta.
> That was after an stock install with alternate cd.
>
> That might be an d-i issue but still....
linux-generic isn't what's important, it's linux-image-generic, which is
always installed. If it isn't, that's a bug. It's this package that will
also depend on linux-ubuntu-modules in gutsy.
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