On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 1:02 PM, François Patte <francois.pa...@mi.parisdescartes.fr> wrote: > Le 04/07/2014 16:12, Lisi Reisz a écrit : >> On Friday 04 July 2014 14:42:47 Stephen Powell wrote: >>> >>> Since you are trying to install a 3.14 kernel from backports, I >>> assume that you are running wheezy. You need to install the >>> initramfs-tools package from wheezy-backports too, version >>> 0.115~bpo70+1, I think. >> >> I had no trouble installing the backported kernel, but I >> specifically instructed aptitude to use wheezy-backports >> repository. <-t wheezy-backports install> > > OK thank this worked... I thought that adding backports repository to > the source.list file was enough! This is quite redondant!
The apt priority of *-backports only allows a package to be upgraded automatically. You have to speficy a package for it to be installed. You can check the apt priority of your repositories with "apt-cache policy". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sxq5a0sbqmg1mcsuda3bamehhad98qppkb+sswwwv4...@mail.gmail.com