Bug 31642

Summary: Mageia 8 to 9b1 Upgrade issue: remove-old-kernels tool is not installed in the upgrade
Product: Mageia Reporter: katnatek <j.alberto.vc>
Component: RPM PackagesAssignee: Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal CC: fri, lewyssmith
Version: CauldronKeywords: IN_RELEASENOTES9
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Description katnatek 2023-03-05 21:52:36 CET
Description of problem:

The brand new tool to remove old kernels are not installed in the upgrade process,
if this can not be done we need to recommend manual installation in Erratas or Release notes

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Upgrade a Mageia 8 system
2. remove-old-kernels is missing
Comment 1 Lewis Smith 2023-03-06 09:34:14 CET
I think this is due to be included in the Release Notes.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Keywords: (none) => FOR_RELEASENOTES9
CC: (none) => lewyssmith
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

Comment 2 Morgan Leijström 2023-03-08 07:51:03 CET
I see it is implemented now as a note in
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_9_Release_Notes#remove-old-kernels

Keywords: FOR_RELEASENOTES9 => IN_RELEASENOTES9
CC: (none) => fri

Comment 3 Lewis Smith 2023-03-08 20:31:22 CET
Thanks Morgan for confirming this. The item is well written.