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Bug#828705: Linux kernel update creates redundant symlinks



Control: reassign -1 linux-base 4.3
Control: tag -1 moreinfo

On Mon, 2016-06-27 at 03:59 +0300, Evgeny Kapun wrote:
> Package: linux-image-4.6.0-1-amd64
> Version: 4.6.2-2
> 
> When updating the package linux-image-4.6.0-1-amd64 from version
> 4.6.2-1 to version 4.6.2-2, post-install script printed this:
> 
> I: /vmlinuz.old is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-4.6.0-1-amd64
> I: /initrd.img.old is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-4.6.0-1-amd64
> 
> After that, both /{vmlinuz,initrd.img} and /{vmlinuz,initrd.img}.old
> point to the same kernel version, 4.6.0-1-amd64. Aren't these .old
> symlinks supposed to point to the previous version?

If only one version is installed, both pairs of links will be pointed
to it.  Previously, one or both pairs could be left broken.

Is there another version installed?

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
Humour is the best antidote to reality.

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