Package: linux-image-2.6-486 Severity: important I'm not sure if this is the right package to file the report against. But as this package probably should have been installed during the upgrade I chose it. Be free to reassign the report.
This system had installed an up-to-date version of sarge with standard kernel packages (kernel-image-2.4-k6 version 101sarge2, kernel-image-2.4.27-4-k6 version 2.4.27-10sarge7). I upgraded it to etch (aptitude update; aptitude dist-upgrade). The upgrade did not touch the kernel nor did it warn me that I have to upgrade the kernel myself. So after the upgrade I end up with a system which has an (in etch) unsupported and unmaintained kernel which never will be updated by security updates and thus will be unsecure very soon. A standard Debian user probably will not realize this fact and will feel secure with his upgraded system. If you upgrade from sarge to etch also the kernel should be upgraded to a maintained version or at least there should be a clear warning that you have to upgrade the kernel yourself. Regards Uwe -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i586) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-4-k6 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
