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Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1)



On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 01:41:14PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> That will work: you might also want to apt-get purge linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64
> but you've done the main thing.

Note that purging 6.1.0-14 will also remove the linux-image-amd64
metapackage, which has a hard dependency on it (at the moment).

> That works: when the new kernel (presumably 6.1.0-15) comes out, that
> will be installed appropriately.

Only if you reinstall the kernel metapackage as soon as you notice that
there's been another point release.

This is not a criticism of Andrew's post.  I'm just reminding everyone,
including myself, that we're going to have to remember to do this extra
step.


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