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On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 11:50:15PM +0000 or thereabouts, Luke-Jr wrote: |
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> Another suggestion... Why not move away from -sources and make ebuilds based |
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> on genkernel (eg. sys-kernel/{,{gentoo,redhat,suse,...}-}linux). There would |
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> need to be something for manual configuration changes, but I believe |
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> genkernel already supports something like this. The only problem I can see is |
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> that it would end up recompiling the entire kernel for every configuration |
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> change, though that's a Portage bug that affects all ebuilds currently. |
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> Is there any reason to install the kernel sources anymore and not do this? |
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I would be quite violently opposed to removing kernel sources entirely from |
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portage. genkernel may be nice as an option for users who wish it. Do not |
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force me to use it, however. |
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--kurt |
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