From:        Andreas Rippl <a.rippl@gmx.net>
Newsgroups:  gmane.linux.debian.user
Date:        Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:00:45 +0200

> Would someone clarify what kernel-image needs to be installed to keep the
> system updated when new kernel are made available?
>
> I installed kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 and everything is working fine. From the
> package descriptions it appears that kernel-image-2.6-686 is the package that
> always points to the latest available kernel image, thus automatically
> upgrading kernel whenever "aptitude upgrade" is run.

Exactly

> Should I have installed kernel-image-2.6-686 instead of
> kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 to ensure that aptitude upgrades the kernel image
> whenever a newer version is available?

Exactly

But, I for one prefer _not_ to upgrade my kernel packages automatically, so I install the next version whenever I choose to. Which more and more makes sense to me, as the newest 2.6 kernels seem to have some stability issues at the moment, so I am happily running 2.6.7-1-686-smp…

Andreas Rippl