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Re: LILO 21.6-2



>>>>> "Manoj" == Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> writes:

    Manoj> 	This is a bug. /boot is not the only location
    Manoj> kernel-image packages may put image files in. The
    Manoj> kernel-image packages go to a great deal of trouble to
    Manoj> correctly create /vmlinuz and /vmlinuz.old symbolic links
    Manoj> (unless asked not to do so). Ignoring them means that my
    Manoj> lilo.conf file shall need to be constantly updated every
    Manoj> time I install a new kernel. I consider this a serious
    Manoj> degradation of functionality.

Somebody else recently said that kernel-image packages no longer
maintain these symlinks (at least that was my understanding).

(or perhaps it is now a user configurable item?)
-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>



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