Comment # 13 on bug 1195291 from Felix Miata

Created attachment 864077 [details]
/var/log/zypp/history: kernel removal in 15.5 interposing zypper instead of
using rpm directly

Couldn't something be done to have zypper remove the kernel *before* -extra
when both are called for removal together?

I keep a kernel-de* lock on all installations, choosing when and if to upgrade
a kernel. On NVidia installations, to block needless initrd rebuilds, I've
usually been installing new kernels via this zypinknv script, which due to the
lock, is always interactive:

#!/bin/sh
zypper in kernel-default-extra
zypper -v in kernel-default

For removal I run the reverse of the above, using rpm --nodeps on the kernel
first, then remove the related -extra.