Re: Re Root symlink to /boot/vmlinuz
>>"Brooks" == Brooks R Robinson <brooks.robinson@rides.com> writes:
>> > me thinks you would like make-kpkg (kernel-package)
>> >
>>
>> IIRC, kernel-package asks if you want the symlinks. I may be wrong, it's
>> been a while since I've needed a new kernel :)
>>
Brooks> Last I ran it (a couple of days ago) out of woody, it didn't
Brooks> ask about symlinks. It just does them as if the kernel you
Brooks> are installing is the new default kernel. I always have to
Brooks> go back and update my symlinks, but tehn again I typically
Brooks> have at least three different kernels ready to go at a given
Brooks> moment.
Why do you have to manually update the symlinks?
(incidentally, I have 6 entries in my lilo.conf, and only two of them
are automatically changed on kernel image installation).
There are a numbe of ways you can manipulate the symlinks.
From man kernel-img.conf:
======================================================================
image_in_boot
do_symlinks
minimal_swap
no_symlinks
reverse_symlinks
image_dest
move_image
relative_links
use_hard_links
======================================================================
If you have ideas on additional customization, I would e
interested in hearing what it is that you are doing.
And then, of course, there are the hooks --
postinst_hook, preinst_hook, postrm_hook, prerm_hook that you can
attach scripts to, and they shall be run at appropriate
times. Indeed, there should be no reason to manipulate the symlinks
manually.
manoj
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