Can anyone please tell me why, when I do a simple system update/upgrade with Gslap, certain kernels and packages show as available but are 'excluded'..?
Many thanks...
Edd
kernels excluded from upgrades
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EddJuglans
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kernels excluded from upgrades
Greetings all...
Can anyone please tell me why, when I do a simple system update/upgrade with Gslap, certain kernels and packages show as available but are 'excluded'..?
Many thanks...
Edd
Can anyone please tell me why, when I do a simple system update/upgrade with Gslap, certain kernels and packages show as available but are 'excluded'..?
Many thanks...
Edd
Re: kernels excluded from upgrades
Because upgrading these packages unwittingly can break a lot of things, including but not limited to booting the system.
You can instead upgrade these packages using slapt-get from the command line.
If you really want to use gslapt to upgrade these packages and are aware of the problems that can arise and how to avoid and/or fix them, feel free to remove the exclude expressions in the gslapt preferences.
If using the lilo bootloader, don't forget to run sudo lilo -v after updating your kernel.
You can instead upgrade these packages using slapt-get from the command line.
If you really want to use gslapt to upgrade these packages and are aware of the problems that can arise and how to avoid and/or fix them, feel free to remove the exclude expressions in the gslapt preferences.
If using the lilo bootloader, don't forget to run sudo lilo -v after updating your kernel.