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 10:08:21AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> 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.
In order to avoid having to remember to re-install the metapackage at a
future date, I've installed the prior version from snapshot:
http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20231002T025920Z/pool/main/l/linux-signed-amd64/linux-image-amd64_6.1.55-1_amd64.deb
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