On 12/4/19, songbird <songb...@anthive.com> wrote: > Sven Hartge wrote: >> riveravaldez <riveravaldezm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Because updating the kernel requires to reboot the system -AFAIK- in >>> many cases I would prefer to 'dist-upgrade' (all packages) except the >>> kernel -until a moment in which I can reboot the system-, so: >> >>> 1. Is this something right/viable/acceptable to do? >> >> You don't *need* to reboot the system the very moment an new kernel is >> installed. Just upgrade all packages including the kernel and reboot >> when it is convenient for you. > > yes, the other thing worth mentioning is how to find > out which versions you have installed to begin with. > > i commonly use dpkg -l with grep to find out so for > the kernel images i would use: > > $ dpkg -l | grep linux-image
Hi, thanks a lot for the answers/info. Just to clarify: How long one could go on upgrading debian-testing (kernel included) without rebooting? Thanks again.
