It would appear that on Jun 10, Robert Howard did say:
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.
That wouldn't be such a bad idea. And in fact I already do that with the kernel and initrd image. But I'm almost ashamed to admit that I don't have enough understanding of the modules to know how to preserve and when needed restore them. And as was I think mentioned in this thread, without the modules, the gui wouldn't work... «I blame CRS {see below}» I've tried to learn stuff like that but the knowledge didn't stick. Is there a step by step how-to or wiki I could bookmark??? -- | ~^~ ~^~ | <?> <?> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook | ^ J(tWdy)P | \___/ <<jtwdyp@ttlc.net>> * CRS : "Can't Remember Sh^Htuff" : In my case this means that unless I * do something the same way every day for a LONG time, or have examples * of how I did it before (where I can still find them), I usually wind up * scratching my head the next time I need to do a non-daily task. Or for * that matter, to remember what I was doing before the durned phone rang etc...