Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Questions on the update system

[aurelien]

On sam, 2009-08-01 at 10:37 +0200, Benedikt Ahrens wrote:
> aurelien wrote:
> > On sam, 2009-08-01 at 10:16 +0200, Benedikt Ahrens wrote:
> >> Hello Aurelien,
> >>
> >> this update will not delete the 2.6.30 kernel. It will only replace the
> >> 2.6.24 by another 2.6.24.
> >>
> >> ben
> >>
> >> aurelien wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> The update system alert me that there's update for the system.
> >>> It want to update kernel 2.6.30.3 > 2.6.24.24
> >>>
> >>> The system alert don't look by itself on sort of compare way ?
> >>> Or the update alert system estimate that it's dangerous to use another
> >>> kernel than itself ?
> >>>
> >>> aurelien
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> > 
> > Hello Ben,
> > 
> > Thanks for your help !
> > 
> > But why the module update manager don't understand by it self that is
> > not necessary ?
> > Or there is an interest ?
> > 
> > aurelien
> 
> Of course there is an interest: avoid security holes in your operating
> system.
> The update manager will update ALL the packages on your system,
> independent of the question whether you use them or not. If you want to
> avoid this, you must remove the unused packages or set them to "hold" in
> the package manager. Both of these do NOT make any sense in your case.
> Just let the system update the 2.6.24. It won't do any harm.
> 
> ben

Hello Ben,

I don't want to remove the update packages mangager (certainly not).
i just want to knows why is not able to understant that the last kernel
must be certainly better than an older. 2.6.30.3 > 2.6.24.

aurele