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#1 2020-05-07 02:39:50
- leshyleshy
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Delaying Kernel Upgrades, is it worth it?
Hey guys
Been using the arch lts kernel for a little over a year now without any issues. Except for one case last November when updating the lts kernel caused some issues with my nvidia drivers. Since then I have been watching videos and reading up on best practices for upgrading, and some people seem to think that its a good idea to delay the kernel updates using the IgnorePackage field in the pacman conf file. So you can delay the kernel upgrade but still get up to date packages. I tried doing this and I my greeter didnt load up, so I just went and upgraded normally and everything was fine.
TLDR: Is delaying kernel upgrades really a good practice? I just want to know what other more experienced arch users do when upgrading, or if anyone does this, or if its even worthwhile doing.
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#2 2020-05-07 02:57:24
- Trilby
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Re: Delaying Kernel Upgrades, is it worth it?
Is delaying kernel upgrades really a good practice?
No.
But that's a bit of an odd question. If you're intent was to ask whether delaying kernel upgrades was unwise or problematic, the answer to that would also be no. Whatever went wrong with your system likely was not due (just) to holding back the kernel as doing so should be harmless.
What you haven't addressed is why you'd want to hold back the kernel. It's harmless, but if you don't have a point in doing so it's also - by definition - pointless.
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#3 2020-05-07 06:45:11
- seth
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Re: Delaying Kernel Upgrades, is it worth it?
You likely forgot to also hold packages that are in lockstep with the kernel (aka out of tree models aka the nvidia blob)
Delaying the kernel update (which is generally safe and possible) won't shield you from update issues. If there're regressions in further kernels you'll just hit them randomly and possibly all at once.
Gets you much fun to figure where they occurred.
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