On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 01:58:51AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 03:22:15PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 12:42:23AM +0200, Sami Liedes wrote: > > > > > > Where I can configure aptitude or something to not direct it to just > > > continue? > > > > there is probably some dpkg-reconfigure command to nmake it ask you > > again, but in the meantime -- go into aptitude interactive mode, find > > your current kernel and markit with "m" to change it to a manual > > instead of automatic install. that way it will keep you current kernel > > even as it install a new one. > > > > this is being discussed all over this list right now, so read the very > > recent archives. > > > > A > > Andrew: I think he means upgrading the same version. whoops, my bad. > > Sami: This you can prevent only *before* you start upgrading. aptitude > will show you a summary of what packages will get upgraded. If you see > your running kernel there than just stop and put it on hold before you > continue with the upgrade. > I've seen the same dialog he's mentioned before and have sometimes seen it appear and sometimes not. Unfortunately, I can't remember the exact circumstance for what, in retrospect, appears to be an inconsistency. A
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