Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-09 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 08 May 2011 13:02:18 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: On 20110508_095510, Camaleón wrote: (...) Whether one of these packages is installed by default depends on how you installed that particular machine (example: it might not be installed in expert mode since AFAIR you get a specific

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 07 mai 11, 16:18:53, Camaleón wrote: Hello, I'm running wheezy and it's since weeks that I started wondering when a new kernel will come to testing :-) root@debian:~# cat /etc/issue Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid \n \l test@debian:~$ uname -r 2.6.32-5-686 Now (by purely

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 08 May 2011 11:21:07 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sb, 07 mai 11, 16:18:53, Camaleón wrote: I'm running wheezy and it's since weeks that I started wondering when a new kernel will come to testing :-) root@debian:~# cat /etc/issue Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid \n \l

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-08 Thread KS
On 07/05/11 09:36 PM, KS wrote: However, I did an update just around the time I saw the reply and apt is not able to find the 2.6.38-2-686-bigmem (for for that matter 2.6.38-2) either! It exists on packages.debian.org though. Must have been an issue with the mirrors as apt was getting hash

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 08 mai 11, 09:55:10, Camaleón wrote: You need either the package linux-image-flavour or linux-image-2.6-flavour and a new kernel will be installed as soon as the Kernel Team updates the dependencies of these packages. Do I need either or do I need both? :-) I did say either,

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 08 May 2011 19:49:06 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Du, 08 mai 11, 09:55:10, Camaleón wrote: Curious is that, as I said before, it was installed it: dpkg test@debian:~$ dpkg -l | grep linux-image ii linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 2.6.32-31 Linux 2.6.32 for

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In pan.2011.05.08.09.55...@gmail.com, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 08 May 2011 11:21:07 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sb, 07 mai 11, 16:18:53, Camaleón wrote: I'm running wheezy and it's since weeks that I started wondering when a new kernel will come to testing :-) Now (by purely chance) I

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 08 mai 11, 17:13:38, Camaleón wrote: Sure. I mean I already had the linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 package installed but apt-get dist-upgrade did not offer the latest version available (linux-image-2.6.38-2-686) so I had to manually install it. (so I did understand it right after all)

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 201105081231.04151@iguanasuicide.net, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In pan.2011.05.08.09.55...@gmail.com, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 08 May 2011 11:21:07 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: You need either the package linux-image-flavour or linux-image-2.6-flavour and a new kernel will be installed

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-08 Thread Dom
On 08/05/11 18:13, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 08 May 2011 19:49:06 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Du, 08 mai 11, 09:55:10, Camaleón wrote: Curious is that, as I said before, it was installed it: dpkg test@debian:~$ dpkg -l | grep linux-image ii linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 2.6.32-31

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 08 May 2011 20:33:22 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Du, 08 mai 11, 17:13:38, Camaleón wrote: Sure. I mean I already had the linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 package installed but apt-get dist-upgrade did not offer the latest version available (linux-image-2.6.38-2-686) so I had to manually

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-08 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110508_095510, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 08 May 2011 11:21:07 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sb, 07 mai 11, 16:18:53, Camaleón wrote: I'm running wheezy and it's since weeks that I started wondering when a new kernel will come to testing :-) root@debian:~# cat /etc/issue

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 08 mai 11, 17:56:41, Camaleón wrote: Hum... then as Boyd also said (@Boyd, thanks for the explanation), can we conclude that _only_ a kernel meta-package will be able to perform the automatic upgrade to the latest version available? Well, only is a bit strong here, but given the

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-07 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 17:18, Camaleón wrote: Hello, I'm running wheezy and it's since weeks that I started wondering when a new kernel will come to testing :-) snip I use to upgrade the machine with this command: apt-get update apt-get -V dist-upgrade Should I have been using another one that

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-07 Thread godo
On 2011-05-07 18:18, Camaleón wrote: Hello, I'm running wheezy and it's since weeks that I started wondering when a new kernel will come to testing :-) root@debian:~# cat /etc/issue Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid \n \l test@debian:~$ uname -r 2.6.32-5-686 Now (by purely chance) I realized that

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-07 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 07 May 2011 17:24:33 +0100, AG wrote: On 07/05/11 17:18, Camaleón wrote: I use to upgrade the machine with this command: apt-get update apt-get -V dist-upgrade Should I have been using another one that automatically triggered the new kernel? Or is that kernel needs to be manually

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-07 Thread Dom
On 07/05/11 17:18, Camaleón wrote: Hello, I'm running wheezy and it's since weeks that I started wondering when a new kernel will come to testing :-) root@debian:~# cat /etc/issue Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid \n \l test@debian:~$ uname -r 2.6.32-5-686 Now (by purely chance) I realized that

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-07 Thread Siard
Camaleón wrote: # aptitude safe-upgrade No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. Nothing to do? :-? For a couple of days, a so-called 'hash

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-07 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 07 May 2011 17:59:53 +0100, Dom wrote: On 07/05/11 17:18, Camaleón wrote: (...) I use to upgrade the machine with this command: apt-get update apt-get -V dist-upgrade Should I have been using another one that automatically triggered the new kernel? Or is that kernel needs to be

Re: Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-07 Thread KS
On 07/05/11 17:18, Camaleón wrote: Do you have the linux-image-686 package installed? (I see you're using the 686 version) This package is a dummy package that depends on the latest kernel, currently linux-image-2.6.38-2-686. If you do, then apt-get dist-upgrade will install the new kernel

Re: Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-07 Thread Jochen Schulz
KS: Surprisingly, dpkg does not show 2.6.38 whereas apt says that it exists! Dpkg doesn't know packages that were never installed. Apt does. J. -- I wish I had been aware enough to enjoy my time as a toddler. [Agree] [Disagree]

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-07 Thread KS
On 07/05/11 08:11 PM, Jochen Schulz wrote: KS: Surprisingly, dpkg does not show 2.6.38 whereas apt says that it exists! Dpkg doesn't know packages that were never installed. Apt does. J. Ah, didn't realize that. However, I did an update just around the time I saw the reply and apt is