On Sat, 2014-02-08 at 13:46 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2014-02-08 at 07:29 -0500, Tom H wrote: > > linux-image won't be bumped up to a later kernel version if you don't > > have "linux-image-<arch>" installed. > > Let's make a real job of it. > > Metapackage: > http://packages.debian.org/sid/linux-image-amd64 > > dep: linux-image-3.12-1-amd64 > > If you don't install the metapackage, but linux-image-3.12-1-amd64 only, > than the kernel will not be automatically upgraded. > > There is no kernel part of this package: > > File list of package linux-image-amd64 in sid of architecture amd64 > > /usr/share/bug/linux-image-amd64/presubj > /usr/share/doc/linux-image-amd64/NEWS.Debian.gz > /usr/share/doc/linux-image-amd64/changelog.gz > /usr/share/doc/linux-image-amd64/copyright > > Only the dependency is important. > > If you install > > http://packages.debian.org/sid/linux-image-3.12-1-amd64 without the > metapackage, then it never will be upgraded, excepted there should be a > version 3.12-2.
Perhaps I'm wrong ;). However, a there would be no upgrade to 3.13. I'm not sure about the "-2" build of the same kernel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1391863769.7009.27.camel@archlinux