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Autor: Olaf Meeuwissen
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A: o1bigtenor
Cc: dng
Asunto: Re: [DNG] Fwd: request for assistance
Hi,

o1bigtenor via Dng <dng@???> writes:

> On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 5:12 AM Olaf Meeuwissen <olaf@???> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> o1bigtenor via Dng <dng@???> writes:
>>
>> > Greetings
>> >
>> > Basic question is: what happened?
>> >
>> > I wanted to update a beowulf system.
>> > So did the apt update, apt upgrade, apt dist-upgrade
>> > after changing the references in /etc/apt/sources.list
>> > from beowulf to chimaera.
>> >
>> > After reboot - - - well - - - screen says devuan but
>> > uname -r is 4.19.xx and not 5.10.xx
>> >
>> > Any ideas as to how I update the kernel?
>>
>> Do you by any chance have only a versioned kernel image package
>> installed? Something like linux-image-4.19.xx-y-amd64.
>>
>> If so, you want to install linux-image-amd64 to keep getting the latest
>> version.
>>
>> Adjust for your architecture if necessary.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>
> Dunno how it happened but installed linux-image-amd64 did
> a reboot and things are different.


It happens as a result of the Depends: for linux-image-amd64. These are
updated to point to the latest linux-image-x.y.z-n-amd64 package. Take
a look at

apt show linux-image-amd64 | grep Depends:

and enlighten yourself :-)

Hope this helps,
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