on mon feb NUMBER NUMBER at NUMBER NUMBER NUMBERpm NUMBER peter peltonen wrote i started wondering how does apt react when it finds a newer kernel in the bunch of to be updated files look at etc apt apt conf i think kernel matches the kernel packages apart from those matched by the rest smp enterprise i think it won t do anything about the kernels come to think of it the abovementioned might have nothing to do with it i explicitly use apt get install kernel and then from the list pick a version and then install kernel NUMBER NUMBER foo bar and has anyone ever tried to do a dist upgrade say from NUMBER NUMBER to NUMBER NUMBER should it work if not why should haven t tried with dist upgrade but i have put NUMBER NUMBER netboot mirror ie NUMBER NUMBER into sources list and run install step by step for iirc everything worked ok i think there ll be a few rpmnew files worth checking such as especially passwd and group i think there was a group change lock it feels great to wake up and not know what day it is doesn t it _______________________________________________ rpm list mailing list rpm list freshrpms net URL 