On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 22:17:21 -0600 Ben Hutchings wrote: [...] > I think this may be the same as bug #841850 which is fixed in version > 4.8.5-1. Please let us know whether that works for you.
Hello Ben,
thanks for following up on this bug report.
Even though I am not the original submitter, I was bitten by the same
bug, as I said. Hence, I would like to give version 4.8.5-1 a try.
However, I must confess that I am not sure I understand which
linux-image package I should install. I know this sounds a bit daft,
but please let me explain...
What I currently have on the i386 machine under consideration is:
$ aptitude search linux-image-
i A linux-image-4.6.0-1-686 - Linux 4.6 for older PCs
i A linux-image-4.7.0-1-686 - Linux 4.7 for older PCs (signed)
p linux-image-4.7.0-1-686-pae - Linux 4.7 for modern PCs (signed)
p linux-image-4.7.0-1-686-pae-uns - Linux 4.7 for modern PCs
p linux-image-4.7.0-1-686-unsigne - Linux 4.7 for older PCs
p linux-image-4.7.0-1-grsec-686-p - Linux 4.7 for modern PCs, Grsecurity
prote
v linux-image-4.8.0-1-686 -
v linux-image-4.8.0-1-686-pae -
p linux-image-4.8.0-1-686-pae-uns - Linux 4.8 for modern PCs
p linux-image-4.8.0-1-686-unsigne - Linux 4.8 for older PCs
v linux-image-4.8.0-1-rt-686-pae -
p linux-image-4.8.0-1-rt-686-pae- - Linux 4.8 for modern PCs, PREEMPT_RT
p linux-image-586 - Linux for older PCs (dummy package)
i linux-image-686 - Linux for older PCs (meta-package)
p linux-image-686-pae - Linux for modern PCs (meta-package)
p linux-image-grsec-686-pae - Linux image meta-package, grsec
featureset
p linux-image-grsec-i386 - Linux image meta-package, grsec
featureset
I expected to find a linux-image-4.8.0-1-686 package in unstable, but
it seems to be only present as a virtual package, provided by
linux-image-4.8.0-1-686-unsigned:
$ aptitude -s install linux-image-4.8.0-1-686
Note: selecting "linux-image-4.8.0-1-686-unsigned" instead of the virtual
package "linux-image-4.8.0-1-686"
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-image-4.8.0-1-686-unsigned
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 36.4 MB of archives. After unpacking 136 MB will be used.
Would download/install/remove packages.
I also expected to find a new version of the meta-package
linux-image-686 in unstable, depending on the new image package
linux-image-4.8.0-1-686, but instead I see that the unstable
version is still identical to the testing one:
$ apt-cache policy linux-image-686
linux-image-686:
Installed: 4.7+75
Candidate: 4.7+75
Version table:
*** 4.7+75 800
800 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing/main i386 Packages
500 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Is all this a temporary situation due to the signing process and/or
the auto-linux-signed transition?
Which package should I give a try, anyway?
When will the meta-package be updated to depend on the new 4.8.x linux
image package?
Please let me know.
Thanks for your time and patience!
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