Re: Debian/Ubuntu kernel update question

["Jerry Feldman-2" <user=4@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:06:51 -0400 
"David Hummel" <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> You could accomplish this with a custom script triggered via the 
> postinst_hook variable in /etc/kernel-img.conf, but other than 
> recovery of some disk space, I don't see how auto-removing old kernels 
> is a good idea.  Assumptions about which kernels to keep around 
> shouldn't be built-in (at least not by default) to the 
> packaging/update system because certain kernel versions might be 
> required for certain installed software, and AFAIK there's no reliable 
> mechanism to inform the apt system that a given kernel is really no 
> longer needed.  I'm guessing this is one reason you don't see a tool 
> for this purpose, at least in Debian derivatives. 
> 
> This isn't really something that a new user should have to worry 
> about.  Once they get around to understanding more about the apt 
> system and related tools, it's not that painful to periodically curate 
> the list of installed kernels.