From: unruh@invalid.ca   
      
   On 2016-07-22, Doug Laidlaw  wrote:   
   > This is probably not the place, but here goes.   
   >   
   > When a new kernel is installed in any distro, it is wise   
   > to retain the previous kernel for a while, just in case   
   > the new kernel crashes something.  Mageia, following   
   > its origin, Mandriva, retains all kernels not specifically   
   > uninstalled.  One user found that his boot directory was   
   > choc-a-block with old kernels, giving "disk full" errors.   
   >   
   > Last night a new kernel came down for Suse.  There were   
   > already two kernels present, so I expected to have to   
   > uninstall the oldest one.  But the distro did it for me.   
   > I ended up with only two kernels installed, again.  A good   
   > compromise.   
   >   
   > Doug.   
      
   The argument here was that this was a use of the orphan procedure of   
   urpmi. All except the new kernel and the currently running kernels are   
   declared orphan, so going the auto-orhan route would take care of the   
   old kernels. Never mind that it could also remove the whole rest of the   
   system in really unfortunate situations, or tha auto removal could leave   
   you with a pile of junk (install a new kernel, boot it. discover it has   
   serious flaws, but it is good enough to install yet a different kernel   
   which turns out to also be junk. With auto  removal you are left with   
   two useless kernels. ) I would not  support auto removal. The corner   
   case of someone who has a 1MB /boot and tries to install 20 kernels is   
   surely not someone the installer should be designed to coddle.   
      
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