New kernel, should be the default

[Matias Féliciano]

Le samedi 09 octobre 2004 à 17:04 +0300, Panu Matilainen a écrit :
> On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 07:40, Matias Féliciano wrote:
> > Le vendredi 08 octobre 2004 à 14:56 -0400, seth vidal a écrit :
> > > On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 12:39, Matias Féliciano wrote:
> > > > Editing /boog/grub/grub.conf should be require only if something goes
> > > > wrong.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Okay here's how it is.
> > > 
> > > in yum 2.0.X if a new kernel was installed then after the transaction
> > > completed yum would edit the grub.conf or the lilo.conf to make the new
> > > kernel the default.
> > > 
> > 
> > Just curious, why is this not done at rpm level ?
> 
> Whether to default to new kernel which can be unwanted in certain
> situations or not is a policy question which doesn't belong to rpm
> level. Doesn't belong to depsolvers either.

+1

>  All we really need is
> something like /etc/sysconfig/kernel where you can put 
> MAKEDEFAULT=yes|no
> and make new-kernel-pkg honor that, eg:
> 
> --- new-kernel-pkg.orig	2004-10-09 16:35:56.000000000 +0300
> +++ new-kernel-pkg	2004-10-09 16:43:37.403284208 +0300
> @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
>      grubby=/sbin/grubby
>  fi
>  
> +[ -f /etc/sysconfig/kernel ] && . /etc/sysconfig/kernel
> +
>  cfgGrub=""
>  cfgLilo=""
>  runLilo=""
> @@ -87,6 +89,8 @@
>  	return
>      fi
>      
> +    [ "$MAKEDEFAULT" = "yes" ] && makedefault="--make-default"
> +    
>      INITRD=""
>      if [ -f $initrdfile ]; then
>  	[ -n "$verbose" ] && echo "found $initrdfile and using it with grubby"
> 
> 	- Panu -
> 

I like this.
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