Brian Servis wrote: > Notice that the version is part of the package name. Thus a > kernel-image-2.0.34 and kernel-image-2.0.36 are two totally different > packages as far as Debian is concerned, except that they both provide > the virtual package kernel-image and that fact is not determined until > it is being installed.
Ok. To my way of thinking it should be called kernel-image_2.0.34, kernel-image_2.0.36-3, etc. That way apt-get upgrade would grab updated kernels for the user. IMO kernels are a very critical part of security and that they should be upgradeable as part of the normal process. I realize the kernel is a very special piece of software but still see no reason why it is treated differently from normal software. Perhaps the upgrade process depends on the virtual package kernel-image which I don't seem to have installed? Fraser