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The Great Package Management ExperimentThe Great Package Management ExperimentPosted Sep 25, 2003 3:36 UTC (Thu) by gjmarter (subscriber, #5777)Parent article: The Great Package Management Experiment Maybe the procedure has changed, but when I upgrade my Debian system I use two commands not one: apt-get update
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The Great Package Management Experiment Posted Sep 25, 2003 10:01 UTC (Thu) by Algol (guest, #2681) [Link] and does apt-upgrade upgrade the kernel?
The Great Package Management Experiment Posted Sep 25, 2003 19:59 UTC (Thu) by hazelsct (guest, #3659) [Link] Why upgrade the kernel? If the old one works, keep using it. If you need a new one, just do:apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.22-1-686 (or select it in dselect/aptitude/etc.). This is supposed to be a feature of GNU/Linux systems: upgrade without requiring a reboot! When you need the stuff in the new kernel, then you get a new kernel.
The Great Package Management Experiment Posted Sep 26, 2003 18:49 UTC (Fri) by ranger (guest, #6415) [Link] Why upgrade the kernel? If the old one works, keep using it.But if this applies to Debian, it applies just as well to Mandrake. However, note that 3rd-party software (notably Win4lin) may want you to be running the default kernel, so I would expect a fair comparison to include a kernel update on both. So, it looks like (according to the other poster who reckoned that an apt-get update would be necessary) Mandrake and Debian come out even? Anyway, to the original author, please (especially with the Cooker HOWTO) refer to the more official documents available on the Mandrake Cooker Wiki
The Great Package Management Experiment Posted Oct 3, 2003 16:52 UTC (Fri) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link] The answer is yes: dist-upgrade will sometimes upgrade your kernel. In most cases, the kernel upgrades do not happen without explicit request, but in a major changeover, you will get updated.Clearly this will not take effect until a reboot.
The Great Package Management Experiment Posted Oct 4, 2003 7:51 UTC (Sat) by marv (guest, #15720) [Link] Your kernel will only be upgraded if you ask for it (i.e. by installing themeta-package kernel-image-2.4 which always depend on the last 2.4 kernel).
The Great Package Management Experiment Posted Sep 25, 2003 21:47 UTC (Thu) by daenzer (✭ supporter ✭, #7050) [Link] He did the apt-get update before installing mplayer already. ;)Seriously though, these days you can also use e.g. feta -u dist-upgrade, and it does everything in one step, including invoking sudo or your favourite root wrapper if necessary.
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