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REPEAT: Do NOT report bugs for outdated packages!
FS#4520 - support multiple kernels, with a symlink to latest
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Opened by hypermegachi (hypermegachi) - Thursday, 27 April 2006, 12:37 GMT
Last edited by arjan timmerman (blaasvis) - Thursday, 25 May 2006, 13:57 GMT
Opened by hypermegachi (hypermegachi) - Thursday, 27 April 2006, 12:37 GMT
Last edited by arjan timmerman (blaasvis) - Thursday, 25 May 2006, 13:57 GMT
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Detailsmore info from this thread that started it...
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=20957 basically, some people get an unbootable system after upgrading the kernel. once this happens, they have no way of getting back into the system without a boot rescue CD. this shouldn't be necessary. i think arch should follow what other distros have done, like fedora, debian, etc. they have seperate packages for each kernel upgrade. and they symlink to the latest kernel. if a new kernel happens to mess up, you can always rollback to a previous working kernel and try to see why the new kernel didn't work. |
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Closed by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Saturday, 20 January 2007, 09:29 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Saturday, 20 January 2007, 09:29 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
kernel26 will stay as one package.