Re: dist-upgrade removing current kernel

[Paul Yeatman <pyeatman@ucsd.edu>]

->>In response to your message<<-
  --received from Andrew Sackville-West--
>
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 11:24:44AM -0800, Paul Yeatman wrote:
> >  I'm perfectly happy with the
> > package manager leaving my currently installed kernels alone while
> > simultaneously adding newer kernel versions and releases.  If I want to
> > remove old kernels at some point, I'll do so explicitely.  Anyone have
> > any ideas for me?
> 
> there are many ways to do this, but the most intuitive to me is to use
> aptitude in the interactive mode and go to each of the currently
> installed kernels. you will see them tagged with an 'A' indicating
> that is was automatically installed to satisfy some dependency (in the
> case of kernels, you have probably installed a kernel meta-package
> which depends on the latest kernel image. as a new kernel image is
> released, of course, that dependency shifts to the new image and the
> 'A' kernels are marked for deletion.) So us 'm' to mark them as
> manually installed instead of automatically installed. Aptitude will
> then keep the package for you. this will come up with each new kernel
> image. 
> 
> Others will likely show you some slick, automatic way to do this, but
> that's how I do it.
> 

Yes, that is perfect and makes total sense.  Thanks!

I knew this shouldn't be hard but just couldn't come up with a solution.  I
was also trying to figure out why it was removing the latest kernel but
leaving ones I had previously installed (manually) alone.  I understand
now.

Thanks,

Paul


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