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Anssi Hannula <anssi@(protected):
>>> kernel-foo-devel-x.y.z should suggest kernel-foo-devel-latest?
>>
>> dkms suggests kernel-devel-latest, shouldn't it be enough?
>
> It probably causes urpmi to ask which devel flavor the user wants.
perl-URPM automatically pre-selects the best package, according to
installed kernels.
> And just for the record, in 2008.1 no package provides
> 'kernel-devel-latest' yet.
Well, not exactly:
$ rpm -qp --provides /mnt/BIG/dis/2008.1/i586/media/main/updates/kernel-desktop586-devel-latest-2.6.24.5-1mnb1.i586.rpm
kernel-devel-latest
kernel-desktop586-devel-latest = 2.6.24.5-1mnb1
(ok, what you said was true one day ago :-p)
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