Bug#724569: Virtual package linux-image should be removed

2013-10-29 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2013-10-29 at 21:38 +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > Hi Ben, > > On Wednesday, 25. September 2013 06:42:06 Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > Further, any level of dependency (Depends, Recommends or Suggests) on > > > 'linux-image' prevents APT auto-removing any of the packages that > > > provide

Bug#724569: Virtual package linux-image should be removed

2013-10-29 Thread Andreas Beckmann
Hi Ben, On Wednesday, 25. September 2013 06:42:06 Ben Hutchings wrote: > > Further, any level of dependency (Depends, Recommends or Suggests) on > > 'linux-image' prevents APT auto-removing any of the packages that > > provide it, making any use of the virtual package actually harmful. > > I opene

Bug#724569: Virtual package linux-image should be removed

2013-09-24 Thread Ben Hutchings
> Further, any level of dependency (Depends, Recommends or Suggests) on > 'linux-image' prevents APT auto-removing any of the packages that > provide it, making any use of the virtual package actually harmful. I opened bugs on all the packages that do recommend or suggest linux-image (none depend

Bug#724569: Virtual package linux-image should be removed

2013-09-24 Thread Ben Hutchings
Package: src:linux Version: 3.11-1~exp1 Severity: important This virtual package serves little purpose. Debian continues to support chroot'd installations without a kernel, custom kernel packages and unpackaged kernels. The proper way to ensure that an up-to-date official kernel is installed is