Upgrading Debian kernel - advice request

In accordance with Debian Security Advisory "DSA 1915-1] New Linux
2.6.26
packages fix several vulnerabilities", I attempted to install the
recommended
packages - using the recommended "apt-get" routines.

And failed!

I have ended up with 2 relevant ".deb" files in "/var/cache/apt/
archives:

/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-
image-2.6.26-2-486_2.6.26-19lenny1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-libc-dev_2.6.26-19lenny1_i386.deb

According to "dpkg -l" the upgraded package is installed:

[root@carrot felixk]# dpkg -l "*linux-image-2.6.26*"

||/ Name Version Description
+++-==================-==================-
====================================================
ii linux-image-2.6.26 2.6.26-19lenny1 Linux 2.6.26 image on x86

But according to "aptitude search" it is not:

[root@carrot felixk]# aptitude search linux-image-2.6.26
i A linux-image-2.6.26-2-486 - Linux 2.6.26 image on
x86
p linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 - Linux 2.6.26 image on
PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4



This is my first attempt to use "apt-get" to upgrade a kernel.

<Advice|warnings> on how to complete the upgrade will be gratefully
received.

Felix

On 10/28/2009 08:39 PM, FelixK wrote:
> In accordance with Debian Security Advisory "DSA 1915-1] New Linux
> 2.6.26
> packages fix several vulnerabilities", I attempted to install the
> recommended
> packages - using the recommended "apt-get" routines.
>
> And failed!
>
> I have ended up with 2 relevant ".deb" files in "/var/cache/apt/
> archives:
>
> /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-
> image-2.6.26-2-486_2.6.26-19lenny1_i386.deb
> /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-libc-dev_2.6.26-19lenny1_i386.deb
>
> According to "dpkg -l" the upgraded package is installed:
>
> [root@carrot felixk]# dpkg -l "*linux-image-2.6.26*"
>
> ||/ Name Version Description
> +++-==================-==================-
> ====================================================
> ii linux-image-2.6.26 2.6.26-19lenny1 Linux 2.6.26 image on x86
>
> But according to "aptitude search" it is not:
>
> [root@carrot felixk]# aptitude search linux-image-2.6.26
> i A linux-image-2.6.26-2-486 - Linux 2.6.26 image on
> x86
> p linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 - Linux 2.6.26 image on
> PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4
>
>
>
> This is my first attempt to use "apt-get" to upgrade a kernel.
>
> <Advice|warnings> on how to complete the upgrade will be gratefully
> received.
>
> Felix

What was the exact output you got when you attempted the upgrade?

If you have to do it again, please perform the upgrade from within a
"script" session; script copies all commands and output exactly as they
appear.

I hope you tried to upgrade this way:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

If not, we need to see the exact commands you used. If you got any error
messages, again, we need to see them verbatim.

I have a couple more quick comments: "ls -l" is better than "ls" for
these situations since people need to know if the files have been
corrupted; you seem to have installed linux-image-2.6.26-2-486
(19lenny1), but I recommend also installing linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 in
case -486 has some problems.