NAME

       kernel-img.conf - configuration file for Linux kernel packages

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/kernel-img.conf

DESCRIPTION

       The  file  /etc/kernel-img.conf  is  used by the kernel package installation and removal process to allow
       local options for handling some aspects of the installation.

       Not all kernel image package creators support this file:
       Package creator               Status
       Debian linux source package   supported
       Ubuntu linux source package   supported
       make deb-pkg                  ignored

       The format of the file is a simple VAR=VALUE pair. Boolean values may be specified as Yes, True,  1,  and
       No, False, 0, and are case insensitive.  This file is automatically created by the installation script in
       certain circumstances.

       At the moment, the user modifiable variables supported are:

       do_symlinks
              If  set,  the  postinst  and postrm scripts will maintain symlinks to default kernel and initramfs
              images, as described in linux-update-symlinks(8).  This variable is set by default.

       image_dest
              Set this variable to the directory in which symlinks to the default kernel  and  initramfs  images
              should be maintained.  The default value is /.

       link_in_boot
              If  set,  this  has  the  same  effect  as  image_dest = /boot  and overrides any other setting of
              image_dest.  This variable is unset by default.

FILES

       The file described here is /etc/kernel-img.conf.

SEE ALSO

       linux-update-symlinks(8)

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page  was  written  by   Manoj   Srivastava   <srivasta@debian.org>   and   Ben   Hutchings
       <benh@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

Debian                                             25 May 2025                                KERNEL-IMG.CONF(5)