Re: rpm kernel upgrades now safe?

[Gustav Schaffter <gustav schaffter com>]

David,

Sounds interesting.

Before a lot of people start to 'rpm -U kernel*' on their systems; What
do you have to support this statement?

Personal experiences? Documentation? Anything?

Regards
Gustav

David Talkington wrote:
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> Just a note to point out that one of my longest-standing gripes about
> Red Hat updates seems to have been addressed in 7.2.  It appears that
> rpm -U no longer removes the old kernel.
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> Thank you vociferously for that safety modification.
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