On Friday, June 10, 2011 04:26:21 Robert Howard wrote: > Why not just copy the old kernel image, modules and initrd image somewhere > by hand before you upgrade kernels. If we try to make this automated it > isn't going to be kiss. I used to do this way back in the day by including > the entire kernel version in the pkgver and giving the images longer names. > It was possible to have concurrently installed kernels. Check out how some > of the AUR kernels manage to be the same kernel version as the official > without causing issues. +1 on this. If you really need the old kernel, why not make sure you back up the old one and its image before upgrading instead of inconveniencing other users and the developers for a feature only a minority even wants?
