Thanks for that. At least I know it is not a bug. Andrew
On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 11:37 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 08:24:33PM +1000, Andrew Storm wrote: > > Hi whoever is out there. > > > > I recently installed debian etch in a virtual box vm. Several times > > since then the updater has wanted to update the kernel image to the same > > version as the current kernel, which is 2.6.18-6-k7. I let it do it the > > first couple of times since i was new to debian, but it has become an > > irritation. Does anyone know why this happens? Is it a bug in the > > updater? Can anyone tell me how to stop this behaviour? > > > > Hello Andrw, > > I sent this to both you and the list given your "whoever is out there". > > There have been repeated bugs found in the kernel that have been patched > without changing the kernel version. So yes, you should continue to > keep your system up-to-date even if the kernel version stays the same. > > I don't know what "updater" is, since the default package manager on > Etch is aptitude on which you then run "update" to see what's new. > > I hope this answers your question. > > Doug. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
