On Thu, 2018-04-19 at 11:55 +0200, Markus Lindberg wrote: > On Mon, 16 Apr 2018 15:27:15 +0100 Ben Hutchings wrote: > > The dependencies are all there. You need to use: > > > > # apt-get install -t stretch-backports linux-headers-4.15.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 > > > > Ben. > > > > -- > > Ben Hutchings > > Kids! Bringing about Armageddon can be dangerous. Do not attempt it > > in your own home. - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, `Good Omens' > > > Just noticed that the following has stopped working. > > # apt-get install linux-headers-amd64/stretch-backports > > The '-t' flag is needed instead. > > # apt-get install -t stretch-backports linux-headers-amd64 > > Any particular reason why this is the case?
It has long been recommended to use -t when installing from a backports suite; this is not new. I think the reason it's now needed here is that there's a versioned dependency on a package that exists in both stretch and stretch- backports, but is too old in stretch. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings It's easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
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