On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 02:49:50PM -0700, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > > > --- Wackojacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > > > This should be an easy one but still no replys. > > Please > > > someone help me out on this. > > > > > > --- Leonard Chatagnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:10:05 -0700 (PDT) > > >> From: Leonard Chatagnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Subject: Another APT Issue-Where Are The > > >> Linux-Images > > >> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > >> > > >> I now have only 2.6.8 and 2.6.16 kernels in my > > cache > > >> file, while a short time ago I had from > > 2.4.18-bf2.4 > > >> to 2.6.16 and everything in between. Aptitude > > >> removed > > >> a working installed 2.6.15 linux-image before I > > >> could > > >> blink and I would like to reinstall it but its > > not > > >> there. I did do an autoclean but didn't think > > that > > >> would remove all the linux-images and leave just > > the > > >> 2.6.8 and 2.6.16 in the cache. Would appreciate > > >> anyone > > >> telling me how to get all the kernel/linux-images > > >> back > > >> int my cache files so I can pick the one I want > > >> instaled. Plz copy my email-not subscribed. > > >> > > >> Leonard Chatagnier > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > > > > > > > > Leonard Chatagnier > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > You dont say what version of debian you are running > > but I assume its sid > > as this is the only one that has 2.6.16 at the > > moment. It would appear > > you have installed some sort of meta package that > > will always depend on > > the latest kernel so it has correctly upgraded you > > to 2.6.16. > > > I am using unstable but have not installed any meta > packages envolving kernel or linux-images. dpkg -l | > grep meta only shows metas for xorg, kde's, exim4, > some libs and some wms. I have installed myself the > 2.6.8-2-686, 2.6.15-1-686 and 2.6.16-1.686 images; > aptitude auto-rmed the 2.6.15 kernel and left the > other 2 in place. > > > The aptitude autoclean will have removed the old > > debs because they are > > no longer available in the unstable repository, > > which I assume is all > > you have in your sources.list. > > > Currently, yes. But, I did add etch back in and > updated but no kernels except 2.6.8 and 2.6.16 and > those metas you refered to. I'll add sarge and etch > back in sources.list and retry just to be sure. > > > Try adding the testing repositories into your > > sources list (copy your > > existing lines for unstable/sid and change to > > testing/etch) then do > > > > #aptitude update > > #aptitude search linux-image-2.6.15 > > #aptitude install > > linux-image-2.6.15-whatever-version-you-want > > > Roger > > > You may also consider removing the generic meta > > package that caused this > > kernel upgrade in the first place. It will probably > > be called something > > like *linux-image-2.6-your-arch*. > > > I looked real hard with wajig search, list, show and > could not find any "linux-image-2.6-i???" packages > installed. I know I didn't install one intentionally. > Well, surprised me this time after adding etch back in > again one more time and updating I found the 2.6.15 > images with wajig search kernel image but not with > linux-image. did the 2.6.12 images go to stable as I > don't see it in the listing. AAMF, I only see 2.4.27, > 2.6.8, 2.6.15 and 2.6.16 images and I think there are > many more than those listed. Anyway, issue solved for > now. Thanks Wackojacko for your help.
Looks like you still want a mechanism for keeping specific versions of specific packages in cache. What I do is copy the .debs elsewhere, such as /usr/local/debs/ That way they stay around, at the cost of some duplicaiton. Hmmm. Maybe a hard-link from /usr/local/debs/ to the .deb in tha cache? That way when the cache file is deleted, the hard-link will still keep that file intact. But then you might want to use something likd /var/local/debs/ so that keep-directory resides on the same file-system as the target of the hard-links. Soft-links (which cross file-systems) won't work for this. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
