on Sat, 10 Apr 2004 01:16:34AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] insinuated: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > after hearing all the brouhaha about the 2.6 kernel, i thought i'd try > > it out. but a simple `apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.4-1-686` wants > > to remove packages i don't want it to: > > do with the --no-remove option, man apt-get for > more options.
hm, that seems to say it will just quit if anything is to be removed: --no-remove If any packages are to be removed apt-get immedi- ately aborts without prompting. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Remove I'd like it not to remove packages -- not just quit if it thinks it should. > > homeruns:~# apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.4-1-686 > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > The following extra packages will be installed: > > module-init-tools > > this is needed by the 2.6.x kernels, else you cant > load/unload modules with this kernel. i'm fine with installing new things -- just removing old important ones is what i'm concerned about. > > Suggested packages: > > kernel-doc-2.6.4 kernel-source-2.6.4 > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > > kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686 modutils > > <snip> > > modutils are ok to remove, it would be replaced by > module-init-tools. cool; thanks. > removal of current kernel: i suggest doing with the > # dpkg -i <pathtokernelimage>/kernel_image2.6.x.deb > instead of apt-get. well, that's an option, i guess, but i'd like to do this using apt if i can, instead of having to grab the source and copy over my previous kernel config, and then using dpkg -- which is what you're suggesting, yes? i'm trying to show off to a coworker how slick apt can be ;) thanks again, </nori> -- .~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu /V\ http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori/jnl/ // \\ @ maenad.net /( )\ www.maenad.net ^`~'^
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