Re: Why has new bookwork installation given me a newer kernel than an upgraded bookworm?

On 30/01/2025 20:54, Chris Green wrote:

Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> wrote:

On 30.01.2025 16:00 Uhr Chris Green wrote:
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I'm confused, I've just installed Raspberry Pi OS (Bookworkm) on a
new Pi 4B and it has installed Kernel: 6.6.62+rpt-rpi-v8 aarch64.
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I have another 4B on which I installed Bookworm a while ago and have
updated regularly and it only has Kernel: 6.1.21-v8+ aarch64.

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apt list installed 'linux-image*'
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That simply lists every possible matching package as far as I can see,
not what's actually installed.
 There isn't anything actually installed with a package name matching
'linux-image':-
      chris@homepi$ dpkg -l | grep linux-image
     chris@homepi$
  The 'older' system has /boot/kernel8.img installed from the
raspberrypi-kernel package.
 The 'newer' system says /boot/kernel8.img comes from the
raspberrypi-kernel package but there isn't any raspberrypi-kernel
package installed. :-
      root@newodinpi:~# apt-file search kernel8.img
     raspberrypi-kernel: /boot/kernel8.img
     root@newodinpi:~# dpkg -l | grep raspberrypi-kernel
     root@newodinpi:~#
 Something is funny here!
 

Don't you have to use apt-get dist-upgrade to install newer kernels?
I assumed that was to avoid the need to reboot on automated updates.
Yeah. I think I am right. The policy is not to change the kernel on normal upgrades
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