Re: apt-get kernel question

[Chris Jenks <rattis@dhol.org>]

At 11:16 PM 7/20/02, you wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-07-19 at 23:39, Chris Jenks wrote:
> > A little while back I used apt-get to upgrade my kernel to 2.4.18 on my
> > laptop. Since then, when ever I do an apt-get upgrade the kernel is
> > upgraded as well.  I want to build my own kernel from source now
> > since there are some issues that I'm having with the pre-built kernel.
> >
> > Is there a way to set it up so when I upgrade the kernel won't be, and
> > it won't remove the kernel at all? I was thinking apt-get remove, but if
> > I understand it correctly that would remove the kernel as well.
>
> If Im not mistaken.  apt-get upgrade will only upgrade kernels supplied
> by debian.  Kernels made by make-kpkg will stay on your system till you
> remove them.  I have been using make-kpkg since Ive used debian.  I
> still have some of my first kernel laying around(maybe I should go clean
> them out).  apt has yet to upgrade any of them even though there are
> 2.4.18 and 2.4.17 kernels in there.

I'm not worried about the new one being overwritten, I just don't want the
old one to be upgraded. Why waste the bandwidth if you don't have to?
If I build one from source it'll be 2.14.18 (the same one I downloaded)
and I can link them so even if I do an apt-get remove the one I build in
theory would be safe. I'm just curious how to set it up so the one I used
apt-get to get won't be upgraded (repeated myself), since I won't be
using it.

Chrisj


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