On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 02:24 -0500, seth vidal wrote: > >The current apt implementation of the kernel-module handling prints out > >warnings if you have kernel modules installed which are not available for > >the new kernel you're about to install by doing some "fun" calculations > >with provides and versions. Alternatively it could hold back from > >installing the new kernel until all the modules are available for the new > >kernel as well. > > > >So, it's possible (at least in the current uname-in-package-name scheme) > >but fun it is not. > > My concern is not with it being fun but with it being: > 1. confusing to users wanting to install the kernel-module > 2. fragile IMHO the minimum requirement is to get the above mentioned warnings. Auto-pulling them in is a nice feature too, and has worked for me with apt almost perfectly thus far.
