Hello Tony,

On Sat, 26 Oct 2019 15:50:35 -0400 Tony Nelson <tonynel...@georgeanelson.com> 
wrote:

> 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.

Can't you add exclude patterns to the .repo files?


Regards,

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