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CaesarTjalboOffline
Post subject: kernel-remover options  PostPosted: 29.08.2012, 13:53



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I knew about this but still got bitten:
      Code:
# kernel-remover -h
kernel-remover
     -F parameter    use parameter as the graphical frontend
                     one of text | dialog | kdialog | zenity
     -f              proceed without asking, do complete cleanup
     -h              show this usage


On the command line, as root, I typed
      Code:
kernel-remover -f text
the script then proceeded to remove all the kernels save for the last one. As it's supposed to do. So, I'm fully aware that I made the mistake and I should have checked and double-checked what I did, especially as root. I clearly can't be trusted with the responsibility of administrating my own desktop. Nevertheless:

Request/suggestion: change the -f parameter to something else (for example "-force" or "-r")
 
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x-un-i
Post subject: RE: kernel-remover options  PostPosted: 29.08.2012, 16:15
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I have replaced -F with -G

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Post subject: RE: kernel-remover options  PostPosted: 29.08.2012, 18:33



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I am not sure it is appropriate to hijack this to suggest a different option, but I think it would be very nice if when selecting kernels to be removed via an interface (ncurses or in X) it would ask for confirmation only once for the whole list ("are you sure you want to remove kernels [list of all kernels to be removed]") instead of individually for each kernel.
 
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Post subject: Re: RE: kernel-remover options  PostPosted: 29.08.2012, 20:04



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      x-un-i wrote:
Great, thank you.

I wasn't sure what the way of the least impact was, I can imagine this has effects for desktop use like menu-items or shortcuts. In retrospect: the easiest fix would have been to prompt an error message when -f was given with another (known) parameter.
 
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