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Re: how to keep the most recent stable kernel?



* Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.com> wrote:
using bookworm-backports to get a more recent kernel, how can
I make sure the *stable* kernel is kept up-to-date on system
upgrades as well?

Problem is, the linux-headers-amd64 and linux-image-amd64
packages are not versioned, AFAICT.

On 07.11.24 16:35, Jens Schüßler wrote:
They are meta-packages and if you install them from bpo, they
will always point to the most recent kernel&headers from
bookworm-backports

yeah, bookworm-backports version of linux-image-amd64 should install last backported version of amd64 kernel

But with backports you must _explicitly_ install the backport version of those metapackages.

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