On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Jelle van der Waa <jelle@vdwaa.nl> wrote:
On 06/08/2011 04:12 PM, Paul Gideon Dann wrote:
I would really like to the kernel that is being replaced kept as a backup. If the latest kernel breaks your hardware, or something else goes wrong, I'd like to have the option of using the kernel that was just replaced, because it's known to work.
I wouldn't want more than one old version of the kernel, though.
Also, although the -lts kernel is good for this, it isn't intended to solve this problem, and isn't always a perfect fit. For instance, my new laptop has UEFI-related issues that are only being addressed in the *very* latest kernels. I'm not sure -lts would boot for me, but I know that my *current* kernel boots; seems a pity to throw it out it straight away on upgrade, before I can test that the new kernel boots OK...
Paul
If you want this, implement it! I have seen some discussions about it and it always tend to users wanting feature X or Y, but didn't commit to it. protip: iirc there are some threads about this on the mailing list, the forums and the bugtracker, start gathering info there.
Implementing this should be almost trivial, it's just a patch to kernel26.install. I think if someone wants to see this feature, the best way would be to post a patch to arch-projects@archlinux.org. -t