kernel upgrade held back

[Mark Haney]

*Security *updates are one thing, normal kernel updates are another.  This
kernel is likely not a security update.


On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:27 PM, R Kimber <richardkimber at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, 9 Jul 2015 11:16:05 -0400
> Mark Haney wrote:
>
> > Typically the kernel is not automatically installed since using it
> > requires a reboot.  For desktops that's not a big problem, but for
> > servers it's useful to pick and choose what updated kernel to install and
> > boot.  To install the kernels use 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade'.
>
> I've never had to do that before.  When a security update has come through
> the software updater has always installed it.  Has something changed?
>
> If it's a security update surely one would not normally choose not to do
> it.
>
> I'm using Ubuntu 15.04 [3.19.0-21-generic] with the Mate desktop.
>
> - Richard
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