Re: Multiple installed kernel-image packages?
Paul Gear wrote:
> Kevin B. McCarty wrote:
>> Paul Gear wrote:
>>>A quick question: is there a way to get apt to install new
>>>kernel-image packages rather than upgrade them, and keep the existing
>>>kernel-image package installed as well?
>> ...
>> If you are asking whether you can install (for instance) kernel 2.6.8,
>> kernel 2.6.9, and kernel 2.6.9 compiled for SMP all at once, the answer
>> is yes. In fact this is the default behavior.
> Thanks for the detailed response. Are you saying that once my system is
> installed (on 2.6.8, as it happens), it will never get an upgrade to
> 2.6.9 (once it is released) unless i explicitly install it?
Correct.
> Does the fact that i asked for kernel-image-2.6-686 have any bearing on
> the situation? I thought this always pointed to the latest released 2.6
> kernel image.
It does indeed.
>> As a corollary, if you are currently using kernel 2.6.8 and want to
>> upgrade to 2.6.9, you will have to explicitly ask APT to install kernel
>> 2.6.9, because "apt-get upgrade" will not do the trick. Likewise you
>> will have to explicitly remove any old kernels that you are no longer
>> using.
> I'm happy with removing the old ones myself. The only drama with the
> way you explain it is: how do i know when 2.6.9 is released except by
> checking for it manually every day/week/whatever?
Install kernel-image-2.6-[arch], and 'apt-get upgrade' will automatically
upgrade to the current packaged 2.6-series kernel for your architecture.
> > However there are often several Debian revisions of each kernel
>> version; so "apt-get upgrade" WILL upgrade you from Debian release
>> 2.6.8-6 to 2.6.8-7. Needless to say, you CANNOT install two Debian
>> releases of the same kernel version at the same time.
>
> Presumably these Debian revisions are only released to fix security
> problems or other major bugs?
Generally, yes.
Adam
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