Am 24. Jul, 2003 schw=E4tzte Rob Wultsch so:

> 1. How do I force an upgrade/install of package even if it breaks other
> things? I know I asked this a few months back, but I forgot the answer
> and could not find it in the archeive. Sorry

Answer: don't.

If you choose to ignore that answer look at the man page for dpkg.

Find out why the dependencies aren't working and get that fixed.

> 2. I see a package like "kernel-image-2.6.0-test0".  I assumed that this
> would install a precompiled 2.6 kernel. Is this correct? What is the
> command to determine what kernel I am running?

uname -a

That will show you what kernel you're running.

The kernel-image packages are precompiled kernels. You need to make sure
you're bootloader is correctly configured, but otherwise they generally wor=
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well. I wouldn't expect that for the 2.6 test kernels, though :).

$ feta show kernel-image-2.6.0-test1-1-386
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Description: Linux kernel image for version 2.6.0-test1 on 386.
 This package contains the Linux kernel image for version 2.6.0-test1 on
 386,
 the corresponding System.map file, and the modules built by the packager.
 It also contains scripts that try to ensure that the system is not left in
 a unbootable state after an update.
 .
 If you wish to update a bootdisk, or to use a bootloader to make
 installing and using the image easier, we suggest you install the latest
 fdutils (for formatting a floppy to be used as boot disk), and LILO, for a
 powerful bootloader. Of course, both these are optional.
 .
 Kernel image packages are generally produced using kernel-package,
 and it is suggested that you install that package if you wish to
 create a custom kernel from the sources.

ciao,

der.hans
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