Brian Wall wrote: > On Jan 29, 2008 8:32 PM, Jon Schewe <jpschewe at mtu.net > <mailto:jpschewe at mtu.net>> wrote: > > So on my Debian system I used "aptitude hold linux-image-2.6-686" to > keep my kernel from accidentally getting upgraded when I didn't > plan on > rebooting. Now I want to upgrade it, but I still get the message that > the package is kept back, even after executing "aptitude unhold > linux-image-2.6-686". Can anyone explain to me what I'm doing wrong? > > > That should work. When you execute the unhold, does it display that > the package is no longer held? > Nope. # aptitude unhold ... The following packages have been kept back: kernel-image-2.6-686 libmysqlclient15off linux-image-2.6-686 mysql-client mysql-client-5.0 mysql-common mysql-server mysql-server-5.0 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. # aptitude upgrade ... The following packages have been kept back: linux-image-2.6-686 The following packages will be upgraded: kernel-image-2.6-686 libmysqlclient15off mysql-client mysql-client-5.0 mysql-common mysql-server mysql-server-5.0 7 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 25.4MB/34.5MB of archives. After unpacking 61.4kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] > You can also try 'aptitude install linux-image-2.6-686', which will > upgrade the kernel but retain the hold on the package. Personally, I > just don't install a moving target if I don't want my kernels upgraded > automatically (such as a server). > The problem with not installing the updated kernels is that you are then open for attack from crackers. -- Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe If you see an attachment named signature.asc, this is my digital signature. See http://www.gnupg.org for more information. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39