Help! I cannot upgrade to New Ubuntu release 12.04.4 LTS

[William Scott Lockwood III]

On Apr 29, 2014 4:39 PM, "Nils Kassube" <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> William Scott Lockwood III wrote:
> > On Apr 29, 2014 4:20 PM, "Nils Kassube" <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> > > W Scott Lockwood III wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2014-04-29 at 22:45 +0200, Nils Kassube wrote:
> > > > > sudo apt-get remove --purge
> > > > > linux-image-2.6.32-{{24..35},37,41}-generic
> > > > > And probably you also have the headers for those kernels which
> > > > > you
> > > > > may also remove:
> > > > > sudo apt-get remove --purge
> > > > > linux-headers-2.6.32-{{24..35},37,41}-generic
>
> > > > This is inefficient. Why do you have to invoke apt-get more than
> > > > once?>
> > > Yes, it may be inefficient, but what's the problem? Those two
> > > commands each fit on a single line which makes it safer for copy &
> > > paste IMHO.
>
> > Uh, the problem is that it is inefficient, and performs steps that you
> > don't need to repeat with a tiny amount of knowledge of shell
> > scripting. I'm all for volunteer teaching, but try not to pass on bad
> > habits.
>
> I really don't see a problem invoking apt-get twice instead of once. Why
> should I make it more complicated than necessary? I don't think that
> would be helpful. I'm trying to help solving a problem - I don't need to
> demonstrate my shell scripting skills ...
>
>
> Nils

A) This isn't rocket science.
B) Your solution may not remove all the cruft.
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