Re: how to keep the most recent stable kernel?
Am Donnerstag, 7. November 2024, 18:02:36 CET schrieb Jens Schüßler:
> * Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> wrote:
> > On Thursday, November 7, 2024 9:03:56 AM MST Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> > > yeah, bookworm-backports version of linux-image-amd64 should install
...
> > /etc/apt/preferences.d/bookworm-backports
> >
> > With these contents:
> >
> > Package: *
> > Pin: release n=bookworm-backports
> > Pin-Priority: 600
Just changing the first line to list the packages you would like to update
from backports is probably preferable:
Package: linux-image-amd64
Pin: release n=bookworm-backports
Pin-Priority: 600
> …which is not the recommended way, to get all backports, no matter what.
> Backports should always be installed explicitely. They will be upgraded
> automatically if there is a newer version on bpo, without hacking the
> /etc/apt/preferrences
If that file is edited with care, that probably does not qualify as hacking,
but thanks for the comment, I was also irritated by that advice.
Johannes
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