Automatic Old Kernel Removal Spec Proposal

[James Purser]

On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 20:54 -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 09:57:50PM -0300, Hervé Fache wrote:
> > Removing old kernels requires the certitude that no modules compiled
> > by "the user" exist. Example: VMWare.
> 
> How so?  If the user still needed these modules, they would surely build
> them for their current kernel.
> 
> -- 
>  - mdz
> 

Umm yup, as someone who runs a couple of custom modules, including the
QEMU and VMWare modules, every kernel upgrade means a rebuild.
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