I noticed a few months ago that the Linux headers and kbuild packages are no longer being automatically installed under Debian Unstable for kernel upgrades. Does anyone know why?
Do you mean in Siduction or in a pure Debian Unstable installation? For Siduction check if the metapackage 'linux-headers-siduction-amd64' is installed. For Debian check if the metapackage 'linux-headers-amd64' is installed.
kbuild is not installed by default in siduction. If you will install it, then the version will be updated automatically in the same manner as other packages.
Quote from: der_bud on 2024/11/18, 09:47:28
Do you mean in Siduction or in a pure Debian Unstable installation? For Siduction check if the metapackage 'linux-headers-siduction-amd64' is installed. For Debian check if the metapackage 'linux-headers-amd64' is installed.
I don't run Siduction, as stated in my signature. linux-headers-amd64, linux-headers-common, and linux-kbuild were installed automatically when I installed Debian Unstable 2-3 years ago. However, a few months ago, none of the packages get updated when there is a new kernel upgrade.
A month or two ago, I checked the status of all three packages and they showed as being manually installed, which I never did. So I marked them as automatically installed, but the no upgrade issue continues. I have to manually install the packages whenever there is a kernel upgrade.
I thought I'd ask here before filing a Debian bug report.
Edit: I just did an
apt show linux-headers-amd64 and the result shows not installed. Interesting...