Re: installing kernel-debs
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Joerg Johannes wrote:
> Hello list
>
> I have, in the last few weeks, compiled a lot of kernels (with
> make-kpkg)
> Well, I have installed these kernel-image-blah.deb's, but without
> removing the old ones. dpkg -l shows
>
> ii kernel-image-2. # <-- dpk -l does not show more of the package
> version
> ii kernel-image-2.
> ii kernel-image-2.
> ii kernel-image-2.
> ...
>
> How can I safely remove the old ones (whose files were overwritten by
> the newer ones) ?
> I could make a 2.4.5 kernel and remove all the 2.4.3.deb's, but will
> this work? won't dpkg complain about files that are not there but should
> be there?
>
Perhaps this is evil, but it might workt:
# dpkg --get-selections > installeddebs
<edit the file and remove all old kernel-images>
# echo installeddebs | dpkg --set-selections
Greetz,
Sebastiaan
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