On Wed, December 15, 2004 13:18, Ron Johnson said: > On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 14:49 -0500, Jeremy Brown wrote: >> I noticed that even if new versions of the kernel are available in the >> Debian repository, "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade" won't retrieve >> them. >> >> Is there any way I can have apt check to see if a new kernel version is >> available and if so, obtain it? > > If you mean, "upgrade from 2.6.8 to 2.6.9", then you are right: > apt-get will not retrieve them, since they are 2 separate packages. > Of course, any new versions of your installed kernel will get > automatically installed.
Sorry I missed the original... If you install the package "kernel-image-2.6-386" or "kernel-image-2.6-686" etc. (try "apt-cache search kernel-image-2.6" for a full listing) you will get this behavior. This package depends on the latest kernel in a series. HTH, Ron -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]|octanecs.net|debian.org] Home: <http://farrer.net/~rbf/> D-Home: <http://people.debian.org/~rbf/> Debian Organization <http://www.debian.org/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
