Paul Yeatman([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi, I did some searching on this in the archive and found some stuff > but nothing that fully satisfies me. When a new minor 2.6 kernel > revision, 2.6.17, was available for Etch, an "aptitude dist-upgrade" > wanted to install this new kernel AND remove my 2.6.16 kernel revision > (which understandably was my most recent kernel version and the one I > was currently booted to). I tried a few things to get aptitude to just > leave my 2.6.16 kernel alone such as > > aptitude hold linux-image-2.6.16-2-k7 > > but a "dist-upgrade" seemed to ignore/override this. When I couldn't > come up with a quick way to have it leave my 2.6.16 kernel alone, I > eventually booted to a different kernel revision and let 'aptitude > dist-upgrade' do as it wanted, ie. uninstall my 2.6.16 kernel revision. > Now, I'm experiencing the identical situation with the recently > released 2.6.18 kernel revision for Etch. I'm perfectly happy with the > package manager leaving my currently installed kernels alone while > simultaneously adding newer kernel versions and releases. If I want to > remove old kernels at some point, I'll do so explicitely. Anyone have > any ideas for me?
Oh the Joys of aptitude. Strangely, I just upgraded to 2.6.18 and it _didn't_ try to remove my current 2.6.15. Anyway, in your case I would just bypass aptitude this time and do apt-get install kernel-U-want. Or, I guess you could put the current kernel on hold and then try a aptitude install kernel-U-want. I'm not too keen on aptitude as it just tries to do to much and, IMHO, fails to deliver consistently. I've just used apt for too long, I guess. Wayne -- Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition. _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
