On Mon 22 Jan 2007 19:00:13 NZDT +1300, Matthew Gregan wrote:

> > # aptitude install linux-image-2.6.18-3-486
> > ...
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> >   linux-image-2.6.18-3-486: Depends: initramfs-tools (>= 0.55) but it is 
> > not installable or
> >                                      yaird (>= 0.0.12-8) but it is not 
> > installable or
> >                                      linux-initramfs-tool which is a 
> > virtual package.
> 
> What is APT::Default-Release set to (if anything) on each system?

You are hitting the nail square on the head here. It's set to stable (both
systems), but changing it to testing makes the aptitude install work just
fine! Looks like it's a question of pushing the dependency resolver into
setting different priorities.

Btw when doing this on a running system, grub's menu.lst isn't updated, but
on a new install it just installs the new kernel and a corresponding
menu.lst.

Thanks for your tip Matthew!

Volker

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