Hi, Ludovic Bellière via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> writes:
> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > Hello terryc, > > You seem to have a variety of kernel installed. Could you tell us which > version > works for you, and which version showed the errors? > > In doubt, I would revert back to stable — not backport (bpo). So you want the > latest of the 5.10 series, which should come from security. > > Care must be taken when dealing with backport kernels, as they don't usually > get > shipped as a whole: the signing and verification process takes some time. Once > you're on the kernel from the stable-security channel, you can then purge all > the others you do not use. You could do that by marking all `linux-image` and > `linux-headers` as automatically installed (1) followed by a call to `apt > autoremove` (2). If your system is properly configured, it should remove all > package that: > > a) are not required by another package and > b) are automatically installed > > (1) sudo aptitude markauto ~nlinux-headers ~nlinux-image > (2) sudo apt autoremove In the default setup, that last command will leave configuration files. That's what resulted in the rc linux-image-5.10.0-6-amd64 5.10.28-1 amd64 Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed) entries in the original post. sudo apt purge --auto-remove will get rid of the configuration files as well. # There are some inconsistencies in what is parsed correctly and what # not between apt and apt-get as well as the autoremove and auto-remove # subcommands and options. I normally use the above. > Using the automated functions of apt is of great help when trying to keep a > system somewhat clean of unwanted, or uneeded packages. Indeed and tweaking a few configuration options goes a long way to keeping your system lean and mean. Just in case anyone is interested, here's what I have in my /etc/apt.conf // Install packages based on their own merits, not because Debian // or Devuan maintainers think you might want them. APT::Install-Recommends "false"; APT::Install-Suggests "false"; // Remove installed packages as soon as they are no longer needed // by other packages. This complements the above settings. Note // that this only kicks in when installing or removing packages. // It does *not* apply when just upgrading installed packages. APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant "false"; APT::AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant "false"; // Configuration files are tracked with `etckeeper` so there is a // whole history of any such file in its repository. Whatever is // *not* in the repository was either not worth tracking or a bit // too sensitive (in which case some other backup mechanism would // normally have been available or configured). APT::Get::Purge "true"; Note, you'll need to install etckeeper to make that comment on purging configuration true for your system. I do and tend to muck around with the apt and network configurations quite a bit but for most part there is a lot of configuration that I use as is. Hope this helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Software https://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
