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On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 08:16:47PM +0530, Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: |
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> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Matthias Schwarzott<zzam@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Hi there! |
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> > |
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> > The new udev-145 and newer have some new kernel requirements. How should the |
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> > ebuild verify they are met? |
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> > Some possible ways: |
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> > 1. Check config under /usr/src/linux |
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> > 2. Check /proc/config.gz |
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> > 3. Print message for user in pkg_postinst |
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> > |
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> ebuilds usually use linux-info.eclass for this, but that only checks |
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> /usr/src/linux -- although checking /proc/config.gz *as well* would be |
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> better. That change should be made in the eclass. |
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I agree here. The eclass should check /proc/config.gz. |
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Also, another reason to use the eclass is it respects KBUILD_OUTPUT if |
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it is set. |
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If /proc/config.gz is the first thing we check, I don't think we need to |
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bother at all with checking .config since we know the setup of the |
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running kernel. What does everyone think? |
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William Hubbs |
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gentoo accessibility team lead |
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williamh@g.o |
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