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From: Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Anyone with access to genkernel repository? Or should genkernel be p.masked on amd64 profiles?
Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 19:48:51
Message-Id: 538A319B.2010107@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Anyone with access to genkernel repository? Or should genkernel be p.masked on amd64 profiles? by "Robin H. Johnson"
1 On 31/05/14 22:41, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
2 > On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 06:10:40PM +0300, Samuli Suominen wrote:
3 >> I can't find anyone with access that actually replies to mails, pings,
4 >> ... to genkernel repository for:
5 >>
6 >> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461828
7 >>
8 >> I'll p.mask it on amd64 profiles if noone replies soon :(
9 > My excuse is AFK baby, literally sleeping on me right now, and not even
10 > 2 months old.
11 >
12 > I saw floppym's original comment opening the bug, but none of the
13 > followups due to baby eating my life.
14 >
15 > I'll apply this patch later today if I have a chance, but I do agree
16 > with the general sentiment of this thread that the kernel configs NEED
17 > to get out of genkernel; so that arches can touch them at will, and
18 > other initramfs/kernel build tools can start to use them.
19 >
20 > In the absence of any other prompt complaints, I'll create a
21 > kernel-configs repo, and move the configs there.
22 >
23 > The one thing that WILL have to be maintained in genkernel still, and
24 > in-sync with kernel changes, are the modules_load files, esp when new
25 > common stuff is added to the kernel (disk controllers & filesystems most
26 > commonly).
27 >
28
29 The patch in the bug is not enough. Notice
30 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461828#c13
31 Those should be reseted to "" too.
32
33 Thanks,
34 Samuli

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