> As has long been recognized, the kernel is special and kernel-image packages > should not be treated by the same rules and other 'ordinary' packages. Perhaps > these packages that depend on the latest version of a kernel-image package > should have a special action as the last step in the post-install script, > namely, they should deinstall themselves, but leave the newly installed real > kernel-image package installed. A newbie would get the latest image, and > would not likely notice the missing reverse dependency until sometime much > later when he was no longer a true newbie.
What about the next upgrade? You wouldn't get the latest kernel. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
