Man page - linux-check-removal(1)

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Package:  linux-base
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• linux-run-hooks(1)
• linux-update-symlinks(1)
• linux-version(1)
• kernel-img.conf(5)
• linux-check-removal(1)
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• linux-base

Manual

LINUX-CHECK-REMOVAL

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
AUTHOR

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NAME

linux-check-removal - check whether removal of a kernel is safe

SYNOPSIS

linux-check-removal KERNEL-VER

DESCRIPTION

linux-check-removal is intended to be called from the prerm maintainer scripts of Linux kernel packages.

The KERNEL-VER argument must be the kernel version string as shown by uname -r and used in filenames, not the package version.

If the currently running kernel matches KERNEL-VER , linux-check-removal normally prompts the user to confirm this potentially dangerous action and fails if the user chooses to abort. There are two exceptions to this behaviour:

	•		If the current environment is a chroot or container, it is assumed that the running kernel is independent of any installed kernel package and the command always quietly succeeds
	•		If debconf prompts are disabled, the command warns if removing the running kernel but always succeeds

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

DEBIAN_FRONTEND

Name of the preferred debconf front-end. If set to noninteractive , debconf prompts are disabled and linux-check-removal always quietly succeeds.

DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE

Name of the package to be removed, automatically set by dpkg.

AUTHOR

linux-check-removal and this manual page were written by Ben Hutchings as part of the Debian linux-base package.

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