[arch-general] Keep older kernel intact while upgrading to new kernel

[Ng Oon-Ee]

On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 09:17 -0500, Victor Lowther wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 18:05 +0400, Евгений Борисов wrote:
> > I think it's a bad idea, because the directory /lib/modules/$oldVersion$
> > will be removed when the package is upgraded kernel. Trivial solution not
> > exists.
> 
> My solution is to hand-roll my own kernels and initramfs'es after
> removing the kernel and mkinitcpio packages.  The way Arch handles its
> kernel packages is a weak point -- Fedora and Ubuntu get this bit right.

Yeah, why not keep all previous kernels and headers around. We could
automatically extend menu.lst too!

I'm not sure what you like about Fedora and Ubuntu handling of kernels,
but I found it very annoying to have all that stuff hanging around.
Would be worse with rolling release I'm sure.