Re: [gentoo-dev] [feedback/testing needed] sys-kernel big changes

[Brandon Low]

Ok, well it is committed, hope I didn't break anything.  

--Brandon Low

On Wed, 11/19/03 at 17:48:47 -0600, Brandon Low wrote:
> Hey everyone, your faithless former kernel junkie here, I was planning
> on doing this before I disappeared a few months ago, but due to recent
> trials and tribulations in the sys-kernel dir and kernel.eclass, it's
> time has come NOW.
>
> NO MORE VERSION LOGIC ALLOWED IN kernel.eclass!  The attached patch
> fixes, updates, inserts, whatever was necessary all version logic in the
> ebuilds which use kernel.eclass.  Also attached is a replacement
> kernel.eclass which does not have any version logic.  PLEASE TEST any of
> these kernels and or all of them, and get back to me, if I do not get
> negative feedback or at least a "can you wait while I test" requests by
> today at 0600GMT (midnight Central Standard Time) I will commit both of
> these.
>
> Notes:
> -the new kernel.eclass AND the old kernel.eclass should both work fine
> with the sys-kernel.patch applied
> -the patch is patch -p1 from the sys-kernel directory
> -I had to bzip2 this stuff so that gentoo-dev ml would accept them
>
> --Brandon Low