On Wed, 2017-10-18 at 14:21 +0200, Alexander Kurtz wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-10-18 at 13:02 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > Please comment on bug #877925 [4] and/or #878922 [3] regarding on how
> > > to solve the "this package needs the current kernel's headers
> > > installed" problem!
> >
> > You cannot use package dependencies to do this. It has to be a run-
> > time check.
>
> Ok, that's what I figured. Is there at least a solution to the "if the
> user has the standard, most recent, Debian kernel running, make sure
> the corresponding headers are installed" problem? I.e. something like
> Ubuntu's "linux-{image,headers}-generic" packages?
No, there is no common metapackage name that is available on all Debian
architectures. (I don't think those metapackages are available on all
Ubuntu architectures either.)
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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