>>> Can I somehow get the kernel version from a hook invoked on the kernel >>> package update? >> >> by version I mean the "4.5.4-1-ARCH" kernel version, not the "4.5.4-1" >> package version > > > How do you detect the kernel package upgrade? If you use the path to its > modules, you can add "NeedsTargets" to the hook and extract the version from > the module path just like the dkms hook does it. the package name, ie. Type = Package Target = linux are you saying to use Type = File and Target = usr/lib/modules/* ? that'll have some unwanted targets though (the extramodules on for ex.) -- damjan