diff --git a/scripts/prune-kernel b/scripts/prune-kernel
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# because I use CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO, not the same version again and
+# again, /boot and /lib/modules/ eventually fill up.
+# Dumb script to purge that stuff:
+
+for f in "$@"
+do
+        if rpm -qf "/lib/modules/$f" >/dev/null; then
+                echo "keeping $f (installed from rpm)"
+        elif [ $(uname -r) = "$f" ]; then
+                echo "keeping $f (running kernel) "
+        else
+                echo "removing $f"
+                rm -f "/boot/initramfs-$f.img" "/boot/System.map-$f"
+                rm -f "/boot/vmlinuz-$f"   "/boot/config-$f"
+                rm -rf "/lib/modules/$f"
+                new-kernel-pkg --remove $f
+        fi
+done