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.