On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 08:23:03PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> retitle 317332 udev 0.060-1 should be used with a >= 2.6.12 kernel
> thanks

> On Jul 07, Jakob Bohm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > Justification: breaks the whole system, will break upgrades from sarge
> Not really.

> > According to the NEWS entry provided in the udev 0.060-1 package itself,
> > this version of udev is NOT COMPATIBLE with any kernel version prior to
> > 2.6.12.
> NEWS.Debian ended out being a bit too much scary than it was intended.
> See http://blog.bofh.it/id_91 for details.

> > Furthermore, because kernel 2.6.12 or later is not included in the sarge
> > release, inclusion of this package version or any other udev not compatible
> > with the kernel versions actually in sarge will cause massive breakage to
> > users upgrading from sarge to etch or etch+1.
> An upgrade plan is being designed, but it is not really relevant to
> the kernel version requirements of this package.

> I will leave this bug open until 2.6.12 will be in etch.

At severity "critical"?

Thanks,
-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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