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From: Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] linux-info.eclass: check_extra_config requires a configured kernel
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:34:08
Message-Id: CADqQcK6mZDdq6jRc6YJuRjS0vUd7EM-zCCz7y8z94UDorPLg=w@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] linux-info.eclass: check_extra_config requires a configured kernel by Patrick Lauer
1 On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> wrote:
2 > The running kernel is really irrelevant for those of us that build binpkgs.
3 > /usr/src/linux is "more correct" in the case of binpkgs and most upgrade
4 > scenarios where you don't reboot for a new kernel immediately.
5 >
6
7 Also, for out-of-kernel modules that need the kernel source for
8 building, the build-time .config is much more relevant than the
9 runtime config.
10
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12 ~Nirbheek Chauhan
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