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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] Accumulating kernels
From:       Charles Philip Chan <cpchan () bell ! net>
Date:       2014-06-29 13:50:20
Message-ID: 87lhsfn7tv.fsf () karnak ! MagnumOpus ! khem
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Anton Aylward <opensuse@antonaylward.com> writes:

Same thing is happening with the kernel-devel package:

,----[ ls /usr/src | grep linux ]
| linux
| linux-3.13.0-9.g4b6e17a
| linux-3.13.0-9.g4b6e17a-obj
| linux-3.13.1-10.g5531b68
| linux-3.13.1-10.g5531b68-obj
| linux-3.13.1-12.gfc9498b
| linux-3.13.1-12.gfc9498b-obj
| linux-3.13.2-13.g97cc2ff
| linux-3.13.2-13.g97cc2ff-obj
| linux-3.13.2-14.gb59b809
| linux-3.13.2-14.gb59b809-obj
| linux-3.13.3-15.g7ccf96b
| linux-3.13.3-15.g7ccf96b-obj
| linux-3.13.4-16.g6eda950
| linux-3.13.4-16.g6eda950-obj
| linux-3.13.5-17.g4e9ddcc
| linux-3.13.5-17.g4e9ddcc-obj
| linux-3.13.5-18.gbb654e2
| linux-3.13.5-18.gbb654e2-obj
| linux-3.13.6-19.g4727218
| linux-3.13.6-19.g4727218-obj
| linux-3.13.6-20.g0509ce5
| linux-3.13.6-20.g0509ce5-obj
| linux-3.13.7-21.ga68bc7c
| linux-3.13.7-21.ga68bc7c-obj
| linux-3.14.0-23.gfa168d7
| linux-3.14.0-23.gfa168d7-obj
| linux-3.14.1-24.geafcebd
| linux-3.14.1-24.geafcebd-obj
| linux-3.14.2-25.g1474ea5
| linux-3.14.2-25.g1474ea5-obj
| linux-3.14.3-29.g07d82b6
| linux-3.14.3-29.g07d82b6-obj
| linux-3.14.4-30.gbebeb6f
| linux-3.14.4-30.gbebeb6f-obj
| linux-3.14.4-31.g0de0f93
| linux-3.14.4-31.g0de0f93-obj
| linux-3.14.5-32.gf1c1b51
| linux-3.14.5-32.gf1c1b51-obj
| linux-3.15.0-33.g9194b64
| linux-3.15.0-33.g9194b64-obj
| linux-obj
`----

and /boot is also littered with files from the kernel packages.


> But WHY were the kernels accumulating in the first place?

This I want to know also.

> There were only supposed to be 2 generations (plus maybe the running one).

Agreed.

> This is supposed to be dealt with automatically, there shouldn't be the
> need for the manual intervention.

Agreed.

Charles

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