[ATrpms-users] Re: A question about synaptic/apt

[Axel Thimm]

On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 11:59:28AM -0400, Preet Khalsa wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I just recently switched from using yum to synpatic.  I 
> noticed that yum picks up the new 2.6.7 kernel that Axel 
> has posted, but synaptic does not recognize it as an 
> upgrade.  It is in the repo.  I can see it.  But I would 
> like it to be flagged as an upgrade and that is not 
> happening.

kernels are marked as AllowDuplicates, which means that apt/synaptic
will not require you to have at most one, e.g. you can have several
"kernel"s installed.

The drawback is that they only get explicitly installed,
e.g. upgrade/dist-upgrade ignores new kernels. There are some scripts
for extending apt to install always the latest kernel by Panu, but
they did not make it to the ATrpms config yet (if you play with them,
let me know how they work).

> I am sure this is a setting.  The help with synaptic has 
> no useful info in the specific page for preferences.

For kernels and kernel modules I would use explicit install
instructions for now.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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