(Jumping into the conversation because I've been bitten by this too.) > > - don't put too much version information into the name of the > > "real" kernel package, and use the debian version number > > instead > > No, the binary package names must change for every ABI change, just as > for shared libraries.
Err, that's for every *incompatible* ABI change, no? > Fact is I cannot install linux-image-2.6-amd64 at the moment, because > the old "real" kernel package was removed from the archive, regardless > that there is no conflict with the new one. At install time I have to > know the exact name of the current kernel package, which is very > painful for scripting. I guess another option is for the maintainers of linux-latest-2.6 to make sure that their binary packages do not become uninstallable, which is a serious bug anyway. Regards, Vasilis -- Vasilis Vasaitis "A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
