On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 23:10 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 09:17 -0500, Victor Lowther wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 18:05 +0400, Евгений Борисов wrote: > > > I think it's a bad idea, because the directory /lib/modules/$oldVersion$ > > > will be removed when the package is upgraded kernel. Trivial solution not > > > exists. > > > > My solution is to hand-roll my own kernels and initramfs'es after > > removing the kernel and mkinitcpio packages. The way Arch handles its > > kernel packages is a weak point -- Fedora and Ubuntu get this bit right. > > Yeah, why not keep all previous kernels and headers around. We could > automatically extend menu.lst too! It wold be better than updating to a new kernel, rebooting, and having to boot to a LiveCD to get back into your system because the new kernel fscked things up. Keeping versioned header files also comes in handy -- I take it you heve never tried any sort of testing with out-of-tree drivers or kernel subsystems? Using DKMS on arch is a pointless waste of time because older kernel headers are not kept around. > I'm not sure what you like about Fedora and Ubuntu handling of kernels, > but I found it very annoying to have all that stuff hanging around. > Would be worse with rolling release I'm sure. I like knowing that I will not have to hunt for a LiveCD or a rescue USB drive if a kernel update renders the system unbootable. -- Victor Lowther LPIC2 UCP RHCE
