On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 07:24:28PM +0100, Jon Thackray wrote: > Package: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686 > Version: 2.6.30-5 > Severity: important > > In the 2.6.30 kernel, but not in 2.6.26, e100 depends on d101m_ucode.bin, > from firmware-linux. > The kernel package is not marked as depending on this.
Packages in main cannot depend upon packages in non-free. Further, this isn't a strict dependency - only certain devices require firmware files. I won't argue that the current mechanism is ideal - there is a warning on upgrade (from initramfs-tools), but it doesn't tell you precisely what to do about it. > Consequently, if > you reboot into your newly installed 2.6.30 kernel, your networking, if > using an E10/100 card for instance, is irretrievably broken. Irretrievably? Can't you reboot your old kernel and install firmware-linux? -- dann frazier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org