Package: linux-doc-2.6.24
Version: 2.6.24-6
Severity: normal
When I install the packages:
linux-image-2.6-686
linux-headers-2.6-686
then the right thing happens; these depend on the latest 2.6 kernels and
headers.
But when I install:
linux-doc-2.6
the corresponding thing does not happen! Instead I get:
Package linux-doc-2.6 is a virtual package provided by:
linux-doc-2.6.18 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12
linux-doc-2.6.24 2.6.24-6
You should explicitly select one to install.
E: Package linux-doc-2.6 has no installation candidate
Okay, I can go ahead and do what it suggests, but there is a confusing
inconsistency here:
certain parts of the newest 2.6 kernel (image and headers)
are installed when I ask for them to be installed, but
certain parts of the newest 2.6 kernel (doc) are *NOT*
installed when I ask for them to be installed.
I'm guessing this inconsistency is caused by linux-image-2.6-686 and
linux-headers-2.6-686 being *real* packages (with dependencies) but
linux-doc-2.6 is a virtual package (provided by several real packages).
But as a user, this really should not have to concern me.
Couldn't this be aligned across the board?
Alexis
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored:
LC_ALL set to en_GB)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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