On Wed, 12 Oct 2016 00:10:18 +0200, Xen wrote: >I would never allow unmaintained kernel updates on any system. If >there's nobody there to fix it, don't update it. Many other things can >go wrong too, but... booting is most important.
This thread is a PITA. Stop spreading this FUD! Ubuntu allows to install a new kernel, without removing older kernels. Sure, if you start collecting kernels in a small /boot partition, it could cause issues, but then again, Linux requires self-responsibility. Keep an old and a new kernel and purge the old, after testing the new kernel. Btw. you can chroot or systemd-nspawn, you don't need to be able to finish boot, to fix an issue. Btw. the kernel policy is "no regressions", so if you use a distro that doesn't apply distro specific patches, you usually only experience issues for nice domains, such as abbreviated driver names for audio cards, that require fixing scripts to ensure rt priorities, but issues that affect many users are rare, even for kernels with e.g. Ubuntu patches. Regarding upgrades in general, they are needed for security reasons, so not upgrading is idiotic in most cases. Apart from this, no experienced Linux user ever would upgrade, without taking care about the upgrades, either by reading release notes, or by following community news. The advantage of Linux, over restricted operating systems is exactly this transparency, but yes, indeed, it requires to be interested in this. If a user has got no interested in getting minimal knowledge and a little bit of learning, on a level you also need to use a washing machine, a radio and similar gear, than Linux is the wrong choice. Please, stop using Linux, use Windows and complain in Windows forums, if Windows shouldn't provide the Linux features you like. They most likely welcome your input. On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 21:37:45 -0500, amon wrote: >So my question is, how do you make that userland automounter recognize >that the disk is just not up for grabs? It does not seem to even >look at cryptab or fstab for a hint. The appropriate mailing list for a user question, is the user mailing list. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
