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

[Thomas Dziedzic]

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
>

Agreed with Ng Oon-Ee on this one.