On Monday 13 March 2006 03:35 pm, S. Teletchéa wrote: > Up to now, when one ask for a new kernel : urpmi kernel, the answer is > 'no kernel' found (or sometimes the -mm one). > > If you do the same for urpmi kernel-26 (or kernel-2.6, i don't > remember), then the full kernel list is displayed. > > This behaviour has been introduced, i presume, for the 2.4 to 2.6 switch. > > Cooker and fufure 2007 will probably not provide 2.4 (i think 2006 has > already dropped it), so i think it is now safe to have kernel as > provides from 2.6's kernel instead of kernel-2.6. > > This is a small thing but quite annoying (and quite hard to explain why > it is so in front of a client. > > Hoping to help :-) > > Stéphane
If this is done, what will happen during the 2.6 to 2.8 transition?
