Re: How to block kernel updates
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 08:55:50AM +0000, Joe wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Feb 2014 15:10:09 +1300
> Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 10:07:34PM +0000, Joe wrote:
> > > You can also remove any kernel metapackage e.g. linux-image-amd64.
> > > Apt will not normally attempt to replace whatever kernel you have
> > > installed, as it is a bit risky, and as you say, needs quite a chunk
> >
> > How is it risky?
>
> I run three or four sid installations. Occasionally a new kernel does
> not boot, often due to a grub problem.
AFAIUI, if the package has a different name, as newer releases of
kernels do, then APT won't consider it an update, it is just another
package.
Hopefully, the average newbie to this list does not run Sid, but giving
the impression that APT won't replace kernels "as it is a bit risky" is
incorrect and misleading.
APT will happily replace any package you tell it too, including kernels.
Of course, for a security patch, the package name doesn't change,
just the version
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