Apt/Rawhide update doesn't seem to update kernel. . .

Michael Schwendt ms-nospam-0306 at arcor.de
Sat Sep 20 17:37:14 UTC 2003


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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 08:57:19 -0500, Mike Chambers wrote:

> On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 04:09, rg wrote:
> 
> > Updated everything in my Severn via Apt/Rawhide, but it didn't seem to 
> > update the kernel. I have still have  2.4.21-20.1.2024.2.1.nptl. 
> > Shouldn't it be newer than that?
> 
> It's the versioning of the old kernel to new kernel that is causing it
> not to upgrade. 

No, it isn't, because 2.4.22 > 2.4.21. 

> You will probably need to download and install it
> manually initially, then it will start doing the upgrade properly.

By default, the kernel is on the ignore-list, so an additional option
is needed. Try "up2date --update --force kernel" (or the short options
"-u -f").

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