Re: non-debian kernels -- bizzar?
>
> On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, joost witteveen wrote:
>
> > The question arose, as, when my attempts to remove the debian-kernel
> > package failed, as I happened to be running the same kernel version
> > as the kernel-package I was removing. The debian-kernel package has
> > an explicit "if current kernel = this package then return error"
> > in the prerm.
>
> This has never been a problem for me... Since I always keep 5 or 6 kernels
> on my system, I give them all names different from zImage and vmlinuz.
>
> For instance, on one machine I have "zStreaker" coz its the bare bones
> minimal kernel I can compile for that machine. My kernel with nfs
> support is zNFS. my "latest" kernel is called zLatest. Use a naming
> scheme like that, and I cant see any problems arising.
Well, I also have kernels with nice names like yours, so indeed,
I don't have any problems with kernels disappearing, like you.
So I take it that you agree with me that there should not be
an unconditional "exit 1" if "current kernel = this debian-kernel to be removed"?
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joost witteveen, joostje@debian.org
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