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

/etc/kernel-img.conf

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:

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

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

linux-update-symlinks(8)

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

25 May 2025 Debian