This last happened on Wed Feb 7 04:28:48 UTC 2018as announced in this ChangeLog
Slint version 14.2 onward should be upgraded accordingly, but kernel packages are blacklisted in /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc. For this reason you will know that an upgrade is available as gslapt or slapt-get --upgrade will mention these packages as EXCLUDED.
Here are instructions for upgrading. Type all commands in a terminal as root:
- Update the packages database, then make a regular upgrade:The upgrade command will also list the blacklisted kernel-* packages. If you didn't remove any package, the list will be like this for Slint64-14.2 or Slint64-14.2.1 (64-bit):
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slapt-get -u slapt-get --upgrade
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kernel-firmware kernel-generic kernel-modules kernel-huge kernel-headers kernel-source
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kernel-firmware kernel-generic-smp kernel-generic kernel-huge kernel-headers kernel-modules kernel-huge-smp kernel-modules-smp kernel-source
- If that seems OK upgrade all these packages with this command:where <list> is the list of packages to be upgraded like: kernel-firmware kernel-generic kernel-modules ...
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slapt-get -i <list>
- If you are using a generic kernel with an initrd you should now rebuild the initrd. If it is not named /boot/initrd.gz, /boot/initrd.gz should be a symlink to it.
- Check that /boot/vmlinuz be a symbolic link to the kernel you want to use.
- Then, you must upgrade your bootloader, else Slint won't boot anymore! So do this:
- lilo users, be sure that the correct kernel and initrd be referred to in lilo.conf, then check the output of this command:
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lilo -t -v # then if all goes well: lilo
- elilo users, to copy the kernel and case occurring the initrd to the EFI System Partition type:
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eliloconfig
- lilo users, be sure that the correct kernel and initrd be referred to in lilo.conf, then check the output of this command:
- After a successful reboot you can remove the old packages.