linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V5 2/2] rpm-pkg: avoid install/remove the running kernel

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Message-ID: <20240122155318.13848-1-jtornosm@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:53:15 +0100
From: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@...hat.com>
To: masahiroy@...nel.org
Cc: dcavalca@...a.com,
	jtornosm@...hat.com,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	nathan@...nel.org,
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	nicolas@...sle.eu,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 2/2] rpm-pkg: avoid install/remove the running kernel

> You can proceed with 'rpm -i --force', but
> that is the user's responsibility if something bad happens.

> No, not OK.
Ok, understood and maybe it is interesting for the user.
Indeed, zypper tool from openSUSE can be configured to protect the running
kernel as dnf.
I drop this patch.

Thanks

Best regards
José Ignacio