reassign 364421 kernel retitle 364421 touch /var/run/new-kernel after new kernel was installed severity 364421 wishlist thanks
Dear kernel team: this would make it a little easier for hibernate people to insure the sanity of our users. Maybe such a sentinel file could also come in handy for others. Please consider. Here's the full bug report, for convenience: http://bugs.debian.org/364421 also sprach Bernard Blackham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.06.04.1936 +0200]: > Though just because the package is still installed does not > guarantee that it's bootable. Without parsing lilo and grub > config files, it's impossible to tell if it's really bootable. > I believe the kernel-patch-suspend2 package modified the install > script of a suspend2 patched kernel to touch a file > /var/run/suspend2-new-kernel, which hibernate respects. Exactly. The kernel-patch-suspend2 is also thoroughly broken right now. > I gather your issue though is with the vanilla suspend. Perhaps > something similar could get pushed into the Debian kernel packages > themselves? I would be in favour. Have a kernel image touch a file in /var/run; the directory gets cleared on reboot anyway. Let's reassign this bug. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system
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