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.

                                                   6 June 2016                            LINUX-CHECK-REMOVAL(1)