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Ryan Sims skrev: |
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> I think Volker's point about genkernel not making things easier is |
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> just that it seems to be a source of confusion and complexity in this |
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Go read his post please, he is making things up and blaming the tool for |
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an idiot using it wrong. |
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He somehow thinks that genkernel is autoconfiggenrartorsuperai, It |
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isn't, it's a simple script to easily handle repeated compiles of kernels. |
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Anyone can write scripts to do the same or claim they don't mind writing |
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the same command over and over every time they handle a kernel compile, |
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but to turn around and use that fact to attack and descridit genkernel |
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so viciously done in this thread is nothing but FUD. |
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And to the lies: |
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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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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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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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In /usr/share/genkernel you will find *TEMPLATES* that can be used, but |
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they aren't LiveCD setups to create all round kernels, it's possible |
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they should be, but at the moment they are rough templates you can use |
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to make a .config. |
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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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The kernel make file is very complicated and fragile, genkernels propper |
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step is *NOT* idiocy, but done because it avoid bugging the kernel |
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compile. (WARNING! Don't start doing mrproppers manually, it erase the |
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.config file, something that --save-config option of genkernel handles |
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so you don't loss your configuration) |
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All the rest of his hate drivel is based on this kind of made up FUD |
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against it and he is not alone, you see this hate FUD being spread all |
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over about a decent tool, the author(s) deserve better treatment than this. |
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