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MountainX

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Registered: 2016-02-08

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[SOLVED] Why is /usr/lib/modules/version-lts/vmlinuz a symlink?

I just noticed that on my system, /usr/lib/modules/4.19.75-1-lts/vmlinuz is a symlink to ../../../../boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
However, the regular kernel in /usr/lib/modules/5.3.1-arch1-1-ARCH/ is not a symlink.

Is this expected? If so, why?

I would prefer that the LTS vmlinuz not be a symlink (in which case it serves as a backup in case there is ever a problem with my boot partition).

What configuration(s) should I look at to change my system behavior to what I desire?

Last edited by MountainX (2020-10-18 16:58:35)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

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Re: [SOLVED] Why is /usr/lib/modules/version-lts/vmlinuz a symlink?

On linux
https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/pack … 2736a32c1f added the symlink
https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/pack … ad2833a4cf converted to regular file

On linux-lts
https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/pack … 66144288e4 added the symlink

The symlink is no longer needed since https://github.com/systemd/systemd/comm … 9be04e521d