Re: [Cooker] updating kernel through rpms

[Vincent Danen]

On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 12:47:47PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:

> > I would agree with you that yes, it *should* be as simple as doing a
> > download from MandrakeUpdate and simply installing it.  But it isn't. 
> 
> [...]
> 
> I disagree with you.  If the spec file for the kernel RPM would be
> re-written to tackle the current issues, there wouldn't be any problem any
> more.  

I think that's possible, but I wouldn't (personally) rely on it.  And
I don't see an extra 5 minutes worth of work as a "problem"...  I see
it as a means to make sure your kernel doesn't get fubarred and you
end up re-installing.  I like the safe method to update my kernel.

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