On 06/16/2017 05:11 PM, Fabian Arrotin wrote: > On 16/06/17 22:02, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >> On 06/15/2017 10:06 AM, Fabian Arrotin wrote: >>> On 15/06/17 14:58, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>>> Anything to note about the new kernelll? >>>> >>> Nothing special (and not Critical CVE either that I could see in that >>> LTS branch), but as Johnny built a newer one for AltArch/i686 I decided >>> to also rebase to latest from kernel LTS branch >>> >>>> Trivial question, why is it 4.9.30-203 and not 4.9.30-204, replacing >>>> 4.9.13-203? >>> The important bit is 4.9.30 vs 4.9.13 (the rest is for rpm versioning) >>> >>>> Also how do people claim to have the linux box up for 6 mo or more when >>>> kernel updates come out more frequently than that? Not that I mind >>>> having to install a new kernel... >>> It's up to each admin to decide if they want to reboot on newer kernel >>> or not :-) >> Why does /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf not get updated when a new kernel >> is installed? >> >> I probably should learn on how to create a menu, as all I do is a simple >> sed command to replace the old kernel with the new since there is no >> menuing control? in a kernel update. >> > Reason why the update-boot tool exists and is mentioned for quite some > time on the dedicated wiki page > (https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/Arm32?highlight=%28arm32%29#head-abe59e79c4794862a53246e90f3148f1e607f142) Thanks. Now how did I miss that... Probably did not go back and reread once 1611 came out. Now I will have to test this and see about updating my howto accordingly.