On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 08:30:14PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * Matej Vela [Fri, 25 May 2007 20:16:44 +0200]:
> > Actually, Debian's kernel packages never remove old versions, they > > simply pull in new ones. > This is not the case in one particular scenario: one installs one of the > kernel metapackages, eg. linux-image-686, with aptitude. The image that > gets installed as a dependency gets marked as auto. On upgrade of > linux-image-686, a new package gets installed, and the old one is > removed by aptitude, because it was marked as auto. With current aptitude, this is not the case. There is a specific aptitude rule to exclude linux-image packages from "auto" handling. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
