On Sun, 08 May 2011 13:02:18 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20110508_095510, Camaleón wrote:
(...) >> > Whether one of these packages is installed by default depends on how >> > you installed that particular machine (example: it might not be >> > installed in expert mode since AFAIR you get a specific question >> > about which kernel package to install). >> >> I always use the expert installer so that can be the reason I didn't >> have the meta-package installed by default. > > > I always use the expert installer and I always have the meta-package > installed, Expert mode, for me, always presents a screen for selection > of a kernel package with the meta-package highlighted. Thanks for pointing this, I'll check out the next time I make an install :-) This installation was done over 6 (or more) months ago using a squeeze weekly snapshot so maybe something has changed since that. I say this because I've also noticed that in all of the systems where I have lenny installed there is no kernel meta-package at all, just the kernel package itself :-? > But I also always use aptitude, and I'm not yet convinced that aptitude > and apt-get always do the same thing. In this case both tools were showing consistent results. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.05.09.11.45...@gmail.com