[Bug 52679] Re: [Bug 52679] Linux upgrade doesn't update symlinks used by yaboot

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 07:22:01PM -0000, Brian Campbell wrote:
> Public bug reported:
> 
> Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.15-26-powerpc
> 
> The Linux kernel upgrades for dapper quietly fail because they update
> the initrd.img and vmlinux symlinks in /, but not the ones in /boot
> which yaboot uses.  The result is that after reboot I'm still using the
> old (vulnerable) kernel.
> 
> This copy of dapper was a fresh install just after dapper came out, and
> /etc/yaboot.conf hasn't been altered by hand - it always referred to
> /boot/initrd.img and /boot/vmlinux (and .old symlinks, which don't
> exist).

What's in /etc/kernel-img.conf?  Perhaps you edited it?

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 - mdz

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Linux upgrade doesn't update symlinks used by yaboot
https://launchpad.net/bugs/52679