On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 08:17:09PM +0200, Uwe Schindler wrote: > The problem with updating the aboot package is a little bit more > complicated: > > It is not enough to update the aboot package alone! You must also write the > new boot record to your HDD. So if you would add a dependency to the kernel > image, that needs a newer aboot, it would not help: the people to make their > systems unbootable.
I agree, and ideally the boot block would be written out with every update of aboot. I don't feel comfortable making such a large behavior change in etch, but I think it'd be great to see this happen for lenny. For etchnhalf, I think the real benefit of this update is at installtime. New installs w/ 2.6.24 will automatically get the updated aboot. The case of existing 2.6.18 users updating to 2.6.24 should be explained in the release notes - but for those who don't read the release notes, they can still revert to their existing 2.6.18 image. -- dann frazier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
