Hi, 01.06.2024 14:34, Johan Kröckel wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > > > I think I asked this before but I'd like to have both the current stable > and backports kernels installed. > > > > When I upgrade linux-image-amd64 to the backports version the stable > kernel is not upgraded anymore. When I just install the current backports > package > > directly, like linux-image-6.7.12+bpo-amd64, it stays at that version. > > > > I think (not sure anymore) Ubuntu-backports uses a meta-package > like linux-image-amd64-bookworm-backports. > > This isn't really practical. > > You can only run one kernel, you can't run two or more. > > You can install single version of bpo kernel, for example, to check > something, ie, > temporarily - this is when you install particular version of it. After > checking, > you either remove it and stay with stable/bookworm kernel, or you install > linux-image-amd64 from bpo, - this way you'll stay current with backports. > > Or you install linux-image-amd64 from backports directly, and start > following backports > kernel from now on. > > There's no two lines of the kernel, there's just one. > > /mjt
The Kernel can stay updated when passing the metapackage of the backports (linux-image-amd64 or execute the command apt install -t bookworm-backports linux-image-$(dpkg --print-architecture)) and if you install only the kernel image package you will not have future updates. But I don't usually use backports (for Kernel) when I use stable and so I believe it's right following the logic.
