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:( I just upgraded my arch a few days ago to 3.6.9, and now I'll have to do it again.
by thevdude 14y ago
:( I just upgraded my arch a few days ago to 3.6.9, and now I'll have to do it again.
- pmr_ 14y agoIf upgrading is not for you, ArchLinux is not for you. You should run a full pacman -Syyu at least once a week and clean up .pacsave files at least once a month. Probably even more often if you are on testing.
- Adaptive 14y agoYou can always blacklist a package (such as linux) in /etc/pacman.conf to avoid upgrading it during pacman -Syu, for example. I had to do this during a power regression in the kernel. However this isn't a long term arch strategy. Note also that arch has LTS kernels, should you prefer.
- allerratio 14y agoNot updating a package is the best way preventing security flaws to get fixed
- jvm 14y agoIf not upgrading the kernel every week or two is a security hole, most people are pretty screwed. I personally do not like to restart that often. Turning off automatic updates just gives you control of when to upgrade.