Am 17.08.19 um 13:51 schrieb Anton Aylward:
On 17/08/2019 04:01, zb4ng wrote: ... new kernel? On a 15.x?
Sorry for my sloppy wording! I meant with "new kernel" the latest patch in the 4.12.xx series that comes with the preconfigured update mechanism in my 15.1 system.
Now I'm sure that 4.x can be patched patched patched to look like 5.x, but why? For the effort of 'update' automation, and keeping a few back versions around for the if-but-maybe and testing.
I just want to have the current security patches for 4.12.xx.
So what's the point of using zypper? Many things. it maintains a database of the updates, patches, for one thing. But you can think of it as a collection of smart scripts for doing updates. There's a lot of low-level details, such as getting grub updated that you mention,
Well, but can this work if grub is managed by another system (15.0 - in my case ) ? If I remember correctly, a couple of years ago, you could put the actual kernel file into the grub configuration, but this was replaced by some script (grub.cfg). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org