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On 8/31/07, Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> On Freitag, 31. August 2007, Steen Eugen Poulsen wrote: |
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> > And to the lies: |
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> > |
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> > Lie: |
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> > because I have seen more than one non-booting totally f* up kernel |
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> > created by |
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> > genkernel. I won't touch it ever again. If something sucked in the past, |
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> > the |
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> > change is great that it sucks again in the future. Plus it doesn't really |
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> > make things easier, does it? |
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> > |
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> > Thats a LIE, genkernel DOES not have ANY inteligence to create .config |
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> > for kernels, why is he spreading FUD about it creating "f* up" kernels. |
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> exactly, genkernel has no intelligence. So there is no reason to use it. |
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> > Lie 2: It doesn't make things easier. |
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> > It does make things easier, again he is confusing automagic .config |
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> > creation with what genkernel can help with. The tool automate the task |
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> > involved in compiling kernels and/or maintaining multiple |
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> > configurations. And the Vol fellow really should start using genkernel |
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> > as his comment clearly demonstrate he does not take appropriate caution |
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> > to ensure that the kernel source is in a sane state between compiles. |
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> and how is make oldconfig && make all modules_install install harder to do |
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> than anything genkernel does? |
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It doesn't rename to the version you're using, it doesn't keep |
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different configs for different versions, doesn't mount /boot |
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automatically, it doesn't create a initrd automatically (yeah, you may |
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not use, but lots of us do), specially with gensplash on it, also the |
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config and way genkernel boots is good for testing machines that keep |
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exchanging hardware a lot, it also is much safer than reading (and not |
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understanding) make help. |
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But again, its all a question of TASTE. Your taste may be different |
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and so you'll probably (as you do in most mails) put your own personal |
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thoughts ignoring that maybe someone thinks different. But that does |
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not give you the right to diss the tool because you don't like it, |
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devs put effort to make user's life easier with tools like genkernel, |
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and the ones who use the tool like it, as some that would try it would |
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like too, accept that. |
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> oh, it isn't? genkernel is just another step that can go wrong. |
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Can't you just post your opinion, without bragging about how your |
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choices are better than ours? |
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