As a system administrator, I have some relatively strong opinions on howLinux distributions and packaging systems should handle kernel updates.Since I have just gone through the experience of yet another mass kernelupdate of our servers, I feel like writing them up:
- you should be able to have multiple kernels installed at once.
- it should be easy to tell which package's kernel you are running,and thus whether or not you are running the most current kernel.
- installing a kernel update should never overwrite an existingkernel image;