Bug#421110: Upgrading linux-image-2.6.20-1-686-bigmem should never happen
Package: linux-image-2.6.20-1-686-bigmem
Version: 2.6.20-3
Severity: normal
When upgrading the package used by the currently running kernel,
the package installer give a big warning about how it's dangerous
and requires a prompt reboot.
In my case I'd much rather that such things simply *never* happen.
Maybe instead of upgrading linux-image-2.6.20-1-686-bigmem_2.6.20-2_i386.deb
to linux-image-2.6.20-1-686-bigmem_2.6.20-3_i386.deb, I'd rather
that it be an upgrade from
linux-image-2.6.20-2-686-bigmem_2.6.20-2_i386.deb to
linux-image-2.6.20-3-686-bigmem_2.6.20-3_i386.deb
I.e. it would require an explicit command on my part to install the newer
kernel.
But I think an even better solution would be as follows:
at boot, copy /lib/modules/<kernvers> to /lib/modules/current
and let modprobe only refer to /lib/modules/current after that.
This way, upgrading a running kernel won't require an immediate reboot
and will not prevent a subsequent hibernation either (provided we also
copy the running kernel to /boot/vmlinuz-current, etc...).
Stefan
-- Package-specific info:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.20-1-686-bigmem depends on:
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.85g tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre4-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.20-1-686-bigmem recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
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