On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:42:51 -0500 (EST), Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Stephen Powell put forth on 2/14/2010 8:50 PM: >> On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:53:11 -0500 (EST), Jim Pazarena wrote: >>> >>> is there a CLI command (or commands) which can update >>> the kernel, similar to apt-get ? >> >> I'm not sure what you're asking. The kernel is just another package, as far >> as the package management system is concerned. It is updated the same way >> all packages are: >> >> aptitude update >> aptitude full-ugrade >> >> This of course assumes that you have internet and security sources defined >> in /etc/apt/sources.list. (And, for the stable release, the volatile >> source as well.) > > It also assumes, I believe, that you're running a stock kernel. If you're > running a custom kernel compiled from source, I don't believe aptitude > upgrades > will replace your kernel. They've never replaced my kernels anyway, including > distribution upgrades.
The aptitude update aptitude full-upgrade sequence does not replace a binary kernel directly, no. But it will download the new kernel source package. For example, on a Lenny system, if you earlier did an aptitude install linux-source-2.6.26 and then compiled a custom kernel from that source, then later a security update was made to the kernel, the above sequence of two aptitude commands will cause a new .deb package for linux-source-2.6.26 to be downloaded to /var/cache/apt/archives and the package will be "installed" in the sense that a new tarball will be unpacked from the package file by the name of /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.26.tar.bz2. It is up to you to take over from there. You have to notice that a new kernel source package was downloaded and do something about it. Of course, if you obtained your kernel source code in the first place from a non-Debian source, then the package management system knows nothing about it. You are totally on your own in this case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/371659801.12511641266236052068.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
