Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 08:57:25AM -0800, Kevin B. McCarty wrote:
>> This problem (automatic removal of old kernel packages) is apparently >> fixed in the version of aptitude in Sid, 0.4.4-1. If this version was >> allowed to pass into Etch (currently aptitude in Etch is only one >> version behind Sid, at 0.4.3-1), then the release notes would only have >> to say something to the effect of "Install the aptitude from Etch >> *before* dist-upgrading." (The Sarge release notes contained a similar >> instruction, BTW.) > > Wow, what? First of all, how is there anything buggy in the current > aptitude removal to justify "fixing"? If the old kernel-image package is > marked in aptitude as auto-installed, aptitude is *supposed* to remove it, > this is a feature not a bug! (It's a feature which has non-obvious > consequences to many users, but I don't believe there's any sane way to > "fix" it.) Sorry, maybe I didn't make myself understood well, or else I didn't understand the bug report. If I read correctly, the submitter is complaining that his dist-upgrade wanted to remove the package containing the **currently running** kernel. Wouldn't that be a problem?? -- Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Physics Department WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University GPG: public key ID 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]