Re: How to protect 2 kernels from upgrades?
On 19-10-25 22:06:37, Tim via users wrote:
On Fri, 2019-10-25 at 16:42 -0400, Tony Nelson wrote:
> When DNF upgrades the kernel packages, it removes kernels so that
> there are not more than installonly_limit installed. It won't
> remove the running kernel.
>
> How do I protect more than the running kernel from DNF during
> a kernel upgrade? I have two that I would like to keep. Neither
> excludepkgs nor protected_packages have any effect on DNF's
> autoremove, though they do prevent normal operations.
Very simple approach: Increase the limit. I always bump mine up to
about 6. I could easily install some kernel, and not encounter a bug
in in for quite some time. Likewise with a prior kernel. Having more
to backtrack through gives you more debugging options.
Mine was at 8, now it is at 18, so as long as I keep track I won't lose
my important kernels. That wasn't my question. My question is how to
protect 2 kernels from being erased.
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